[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
idealistic unrealistic impractical pie-in-the-sky 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

down-to-earth
     adj : sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth
           approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense" syn:
            earthy
see also:
earthy 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 moby thesaurus words for "down-to-earth":
   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

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