'down-to-earth' definitions:
Definition of 'down-to-earth'
From: WordNet
adjective
Sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to- earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense" [syn: down-to-earth, earthy]
Definition of 'down-to-earth'
From: GCIDE
- down-to-earth \down-to-earth\ adj. facing reality squarely; guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory. Opposite of idealistic, unrealistic, impractical, and pie-in-the-sky.
- Syn: hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic. [WordNet 1.5] Downtrod
Synonyms of 'down-to-earth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- earthy,
- hard,
- hard-boiled,
- hardheaded,
- matter,
- matter-of-fact,
- positivistic,
- practical,
- practical-minded,
- pragmatic,
- pragmatical,
- rational,
- realist,
- realistic,
- reasonable,
- sane,
- scientific,
- scientistic,
- secular,
- sensible,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- sound,
- sound-thinking,
- straight-thinking,
- unideal,
- unidealistic,
- unromantic,
- unsentimental,
- utilitarian,
- worldly