Realistic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɹiːjəˈlɪstɪk/

Full definition of realistic

Adjective

1. Expressed or represented as being accurate.A realistic appraisal of the situation.
• 2011, October 1, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland, Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.
2. Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.A realistic novel about the Victorian poor.

Antonyms

• unrealistic
• utopian

Derived terms

• realisticity
• realisticness

Related terms

• real
• realism
• realist
• reality
• realize

Anagrams

• eristical