I have been told that I am pragmatic, and I am.
Source: tatoeba (2206)
Pragmatic
//pɹæɡˈmætɪk//
Synonyms for "pragmatic" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
nominalistof general utilityof helpof serviceof useoperablepanlogisticalpantheisticphilosophicalpositivistpositivisticpracticablepracticalpractical-mindedpragmatic sanctionpragmaticalpragmatistproperrationalrationalistic
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realistrealisticrealizablereasonablesanescholasticscientificscientisticsecularsensationalisticsensibleserviceablesobersober-mindedsoundsound-thinkingstoicstraight-thinkingsyncretistictheistictranscendentalisttranscendentalisticunidealunidealisticunromanticunsentimentalusefulutilitarianvitalisticvoluntaristvoluntaristicwell-balancedworkableworldly
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بْرَاغْمَاتِيّ adj (practical)
- عَمَلِيّ adj (practical)
- عَمْلَانِيّ adj (practical)
Bulgarian
2 entries- прагматичен adj (practical)
- практичен adj (practical)
Catalan
1 entries- pragmàtic adj (practical)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 務實的 /务实的 adj (practical)
Czech
1 entries- pragmatický adj (practical)
Danish
1 entries- pragmatisk adj (practical)
Dutch
1 entries- pragmatisch adj (practical)
Finnish
1 entries- pragmaattinen adj (practical)
French
1 entries- pragmatique adj (practical)
Galician
2 entries- pragmática adj (practical)
- pragmático adj (practical)
German
1 entries- pragmatisch adj (practical)
Hindi
2 entries- आशावादी adj (practical)
- व्यवहारिक adj (practical)
Indonesian
1 entries- pragmatis adj (practical)
Italian
1 entries- pragmatico adj (practical)
Japanese
2 entries- 実利的な adj (practical)
- 実用主義の adj (practical)
Korean
1 entries- 실용적인 adj (practical)
Latin
1 entries- pragmaticus adj (practical)
Malay
2 entries- pragmatik adj (practical)
- pragmatis adj (practical)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pragmatisk adj (practical)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- pragmatisk adj (practical)
Polish
1 entries- pragmatyczny adj (practical)
Portuguese
2 entries- pragmático adj (practical)
- prático adj (practical)
Romanian
1 entries- pragmatic adj (practical)
Russian
4 entries- прагматический adj (practical)
- прагматичный adj (practical)
- практический adj (practical)
- практичный adj (practical)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pragmàtičan adj (practical)
- прагма̀тичан adj (practical)
Spanish
1 entries- pragmático adj (practical)
Swedish
1 entries- pragmatisk adj (practical)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прагмати́чний adj (practical)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I agree on an emotional level, but on the pragmatic level I disagree.
Source: tatoeba (329546)
It is a very pragmatic culture.
Source: tatoeba (3075709)
I'm just being pragmatic.
Source: tatoeba (5204253)
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