The president is a down-to-earth kind of man.
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Down-to-earth
//ˌdaʊn.ɾəˈɚθ//
Synonyms for "down-to-earth" (40 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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1 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- практичен adj (practical; realistic)
- реалистичен adj (practical; realistic)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 務實 /务实 adj (practical; realistic)
- 實際 /实际 adj (practical; realistic)
- 腳踏實地 /脚踏实地 adj (practical; realistic)
Finnish
1 entries- maanläheinen adj (practical; realistic)
French
1 entries- terre à terre adj (practical; realistic)
Georgian
1 entries- ამქვეყნიური adj (practical; realistic)
German
1 entries- bodenständig adj (practical; realistic)
Hungarian
4 entries- gyakorlatias adj (practical; realistic)
- józan adj (practical; realistic)
- pragmatikus adj (practical; realistic)
- praktikus adj (practical; realistic)
Icelandic
1 entries- jarðbundinn adj (practical; realistic)
Japanese
1 entries- 地に足のついた adj (practical; realistic)
Macedonian
3 entries- пра́ктичен adj (practical; realistic)
- при́земен adj (practical; realistic)
- реали́стичен adj (practical; realistic)
Polish
3 entries- pragmatyczny adj (practical; realistic)
- praktyczny adj (practical; realistic)
- realistyczny adj (practical; realistic)
Portuguese
3 entries- pragmático adj (practical; realistic)
- prático adj (practical; realistic)
- pé no chão adj (practical; realistic)
Romanian
1 entries- cu picioarele pe pământ adj (practical; realistic)
Russian
3 entries- практи́чный adj (practical; realistic)
- приземлённый adj (practical; realistic)
- реалисти́чный adj (practical; realistic)
Spanish
1 entries- con los pies en la tierra adj (practical; realistic)
Swedish
3 entries- chosefri adj (practical; realistic)
- jordnära adj (practical; realistic)
- sjåsfri adj (practical; realistic)
Tagalog
1 entries- praktikal adj (practical; realistic)
Ukrainian
1 entries- призе́млений adj (practical; realistic)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom's a very practical, down-to-earth person.
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Tom is a real down-to-earth guy.
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Tom is a down-to-earth family man.
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