<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.</li><li>Synonyms: common-sense, sensible, hardheaded, pragmatic</li><li>pertaining to, characterized by, or given to the representation in literature or art of things as they really are: a realistic novel.</li><li>resembling or simulating real life: a duck hunter skilled at making realistic decoys.</li><li>Philosophy: of or relating to realists or realism.</li></ul>