realistic

[ree-uh-lis-tik] / ˌri əˈlɪs tɪk /

ADJECTIVE

sensible, matter-of-fact

Synonyms

STRONGEST

businesslike down-to-earth practical pragmatic prudent rational real reasonable sane sensible sober

WEAK

astute commonsense earthy hard hard-boiled levelheaded pragmatical shrewd sound unfantastic unidealistic unromantic unsentimental utilitarian

Antonyms

STRONGEST

excited impractical inefficient irrational unrealistic unreasonable unsound unwise

WEAK

fanciful insincere

ADJECTIVE

genuine

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authentic lifelike original truthful

WEAK

faithful graphic natural representational representative true true to life

Antonyms

WEAK

fanciful impractical insincere irrational unrealistic

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"If he was to move in Europe, then the realistic options are Paris St-Germain, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona but the proposition would have to be attractive enough for him."

From BBC

While it would be nice if all companies delivered tightly written, plain-English reports, that isn’t a realistic expectation.

From The Wall Street Journal

OpenAI plans to apply the same technology used to teach AI how to produce realistic videos to training robots.

From BBC

Claude has a realistic chance of winning it all—and the best chance of the AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal

But likely, more players who otherwise wouldn’t have gotten looks or would have been cut during past training camps will now have a realistic shot a developmental player spot.

From Los Angeles Times

realistic

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