down-to-earth
[ doun-too-urth, -tuh- ]
/ ˈdaʊn tuˈɜrθ, -tə- /
adjective
practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.
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RELATED WORDS
sensible, hardheaded, pragmatic, no-nonsense, realistic, sober, common, easy, hard, matter-of-fact, mundane, rational, sane, commonsense, unidealistic, unsentimental
Nearby words
- down-hearted,
- down-home,
- down-low,
- down-market,
- down-the-line,
- downbeat,
- downburst,
- downcast,
- downcastly,
- downcome
Origin of down-to-earth
First recorded in 1925–30
SYNONYMS FOR down-to-earth
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down-to-earth
adjective
sensible; practical; realistic
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down-to-earth
also down to earth, as an adjectival phrase, attested from 1932.
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