down-to-earth

See also: down to earth

English

Alternative forms

• down to earth

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdaʊn.ɾəˈɚθ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Adjective

down-to-earth

1. (idiomatic) Practical; realistic; pragmatic.

   He had a down-to-earth attitude that translated into a straightforward, but effective strategy.

2. (idiomatic) Ordinary; normal; run-of-the-mill.
   • 2009 January 20, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009:

     "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to devote any of tonight's news to evil monkey shenanigans unless you can find something more down to earth to focus your report on."

Synonyms

• (realistic): have one's feet on the ground, earth-bound

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “idealistic”): have one's head in the clouds

Derived terms

• down-to-earthness

Translations

practical; realistic

• Bulgarian: практичен (bg) (praktičen), реалистичен (bg) (realističen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腳踏實地 / 脚踏实地 (zh) (jiǎotàshídì), 務實 / 务实 (zh) (wùshí), 實際 / 实际 (zh) (shíjì)

• Finnish: maanläheinen
• French: terre à terre (fr)
• Georgian: ამქვეყნიური (amkveq̇niuri)
• German: bodenständig (de)
• Hungarian: földhözragadt (hu), gyakorlatias (hu), profán (hu), prózai (hu), pragmatikus (hu), praktikus (hu), józan (hu)
• Icelandic: jarðbundinn m
• Japanese: 地に足のついた (chi ni ashi no tsuita)
• Macedonian: при́земен (prízemen), пра́ктичен (práktičen), реали́стичен (realístičen)
• Polish: pragmatyczny (pl), praktyczny (pl), realistyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: prático (pt), pragmático (pt)
• Romanian: cu picioarele pe pământ
• Russian: приземлённый (ru) (prizemljónnyj), практи́чный (ru) (praktíčnyj), реалисти́чный (ru) (realistíčnyj)
• Spanish: con los pies en la tierra
• Swedish: jordnära (sv), chosefri (sv), sjåsfri (sv)
• Tagalog: praktikal
• Ukrainian: призе́млений (pryzémlenyj)