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单词 down-to-earth
释义

down-to-earth

adjective

ˈdau̇n-tü-ˈərth How to pronounce down-to-earth (audio)
1
: practical
down-to-earth traveling tips
2
: unpretentious
surprised to find the movie star so down-to-earth
down-to-earthness noun

Synonyms

  • demure
  • humble
  • lowly
  • meek
  • modest
  • unassuming
  • unpretentious
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Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1

down-to-earth

adjective

1
as in humble
not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness we were all impressed by how down-to-earth the movie star turned out to be

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • humble
  • meek
  • modest
  • unassuming
  • unpretentious
  • unaffected
  • timid
  • demure
  • naive
  • simple
  • quiet
  • lowly
  • shy
  • deferential
  • passive
  • subdued
  • unassertive
  • compliant
  • reserved
  • unaggressive
  • resigned
  • submissive
  • acquiescent
  • unobtrusive
  • ingenuous
  • plain
  • diffident
  • yielding
  • bashful
  • introverted
  • sheepish
  • cringing
  • retiring
  • naïve
  • mousy
  • shrinking
  • self-effacing
  • cowering
  • self-deprecating
  • aw-shucks
  • self-deprecatory
  • overmodest
  • mousey

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • arrogant
  • pretentious
  • egotistical
  • pompous
  • haughty
  • superior
  • supercilious
  • confident
  • bumptious
  • assertive
  • egotistic
  • highfalutin
  • aggressive
  • conceited
  • imperious
  • cheeky
  • saucy
  • presumptuous
  • bold
  • uppity
  • audacious
  • cocky
  • brash
  • brassy
  • impudent
  • peremptory
  • hifalutin
  • uppish
  • smug
  • huffy
  • cocksure
  • egocentric
  • forward
  • narcissistic
  • impertinent
  • overconfident
  • overweening
  • high-and-mighty
  • egoistical
  • lordly
  • chesty
  • egoistic
  • hubristic
  • hoity-toity
  • condescending
  • bombastic
  • prideful
  • boastful
  • self-assertive
  • high-handed
  • huffish
  • disdainful
  • presuming
  • flamboyant
  • dominant
  • self-confident
  • fastuous
  • swaggering
  • vain
  • patronizing
  • overbearing
  • showy
  • self-asserting
  • vainglorious
  • domineering
  • toplofty
  • outgoing
  • uninhibited
  • stuck-up
  • ostentatious
  • toploftical
  • self-important
  • high-hat
  • extroverted
  • self-satisfied
  • self-engrossed
  • self-contented
  • self-centered
  • magisterial
  • self-complacent
  • self-obsessed
  • self-congratulatory
  • braggy
  • dominating
  • extraverted
  • self-conceited
  • unreserved
  • self-pleased
  • self-affected
  • swelled-headed
  • immodest
  • pontificating
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2
as in pragmatic
willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly a down-to-earth guidance counselor who is frank in telling students which colleges they're likely to get into

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • pragmatic
  • realistic
  • practical
  • pragmatical
  • sensible
  • earthy
  • matter-of-fact
  • hardheaded
  • rational
  • cynical
  • logical
  • reasonable
  • grounded
  • sound
  • levelheaded
  • sober
  • utilitarian
  • no-nonsense
  • commonsensical
  • sane
  • unsentimental
  • unromantic
  • skeptical
  • disillusioned
  • tough-minded
  • pessimistic
  • hard
  • hard-edged
  • philistine
  • misanthropic
  • idealless
  • sobersided
  • suspicious
  • distrustful
  • bottom-line
  • mistrustful
  • hard-boiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • idealistic
  • imaginative
  • romantic
  • unrealistic
  • visionary
  • fanciful
  • cheerful
  • utopian
  • fantastical
  • impractical
  • optimistic
  • fantastic
  • sentimental
  • theoretical
  • blue-sky
  • trustful
  • trusting
  • unreasonable
  • irrational
  • illogical
  • theoretic
  • insane
  • unsuspicious
  • rose-colored
  • half-baked
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