realistic

English

Etymology

From realist +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɪəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌɹiːjəˈlɪstɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪstɪk

Adjective

realistic (comparative more realistic, superlative most realistic)

1. Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.

   A realistic appraisal of the situation.

   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• realsome

Antonyms

• unrealistic
• utopian

Derived terms

• realistically
• realisticity
• realisticness

 

Related terms

• real
• realism
• realist
• reality
• realize

 

Translations

expressed or represented as being accurate

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: realista
• Belarusian: рэалісты́чны (realistýčny)
• Bulgarian: реалисти́чен (bg) (realistíčen)
• Catalan: realista
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現實／现实 (zh) (xiánshí), 栩栩如生 (zh) (xǔxǔrúshēng)

• Czech: realistický (cs)
• Danish: realistisk (da)
• Dutch: realistisch (nl)
• Finnish: realistinen (fi), todenmukainen (fi)
• French: réaliste (fr)
• Galician: realista
• German: realistisch (de)
• Hungarian: realista (hu)
• Irish: réadúil
• Italian: realistico (it)
• Japanese: 現実的 (ja) (げんじつてき, genjitsuteki)
• Korean: 현실적 (ko) (hyeonsiljeok)
• Polish: realistyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: realístico (pt)
• Romanian: realist (ro)
• Russian: реалисти́чный (ru) (realistíčnyj)
• Slovak: realistický
• Spanish: realista (es), realístico
• Tagalog: makatotohanan
• Thai: สมจริง (th)
• Turkish: gerçekçi (tr)
• Ukrainian: реалісти́чний (uk) (realistýčnyj)
• Yiddish: רעאַליסטיש (realistish)

relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were

• Bulgarian: реалистичен (bg) (realističen)
• Catalan: realista
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現實／现实 (zh) (xiánshí)

• Czech: realistický (cs) m
• Danish: realistisk (da)
• Finnish: realistinen (fi)
• French: réaliste (fr)
• German: realistisch (de)
• Hebrew: רֵיאָלִיסְטִי
• Hungarian: realisztikus (hu), realista (hu)
• Irish: réalaíoch
• Latin: vērīsimilis (la)
• Portuguese: realístico (pt)
• Romanian: realist (ro)
• Russian: реалисти́чный (ru) (realistíčnyj), реалисти́ческий (ru) (realistíčeskij)
• Spanish: realista (es), realístico
• Swedish: realistisk (sv)
• Thai: สมจริง (th)
• Turkish: gerçekçi (tr)
• Yiddish: רעאַליסטיש (realistish)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} realistisch (nl)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} realistico (it)

Anagrams

• clarities, eristical

Romanian

Etymology

From realist +‎ -ic. Compare Italian realistico.

Adjective

realistic m or n (feminine singular realistică, masculine plural realistici, feminine and neuter plural realistice)

1. realistic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	realistic		realistică		realistici	realistice
	definite	realisticul		realistica		realisticii	realisticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	realistic		realistice		realistici	realistice
	definite	realisticului		realisticei		realisticilor	realisticelor

References

• realistic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN