English

Adjective

realistic ‎(comparative more realistic, superlative most realistic)

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”, in BBC Sport:

     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

Translations

Anagrams

• eristical