no-nonsenseadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌnəʊˈnɒn.səns/us/ˌnoʊˈnɑːn.sens/practical and serious, and only interested in doing what is necessary or achieving what is intended, without silly ideas or methods:
a no-nonsense manner/leader
a no-nonsense approach to child-rearing
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- perspicacious
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- sensible
- wise
- wisely
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