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61utilitarian — Synonyms and related words: Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Megarian, Stoic, advantageous, animist, animistic, appropriate, atomistic, banausic, beneficial, breadwinning, businesslike, commercial, commodious, cosmotheistic, down to earth, eclectic …
62POLYBIUS — a Greek historian, born at Megalopolis, in Arcadia; sent to Rome as a hostage, he formed an intimate friendship with Scipio Æmilianus, who aided him in his historical researches, and whom he accompanied to Africa on the expedition which issued …
63down-to-earth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sensible, practical. See simpleness, possibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sensible, practical, pragmatic, unpretentious; see practical , rational 1 , unaffected 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …
64hard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. firm, rigid (see hardness); unsympathetic, unloving, unfriendly, callous; strenuous, difficult, puzzling; severe, serious, short, intensive. See insensibility. Ant., soft. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …
65matter-of-fact — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prosaic, unimaginative, formal. See simpleness, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. objective, prosaic, feasible; see practical . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. unemotional, prosaic, dry,… …
66objective — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unemotional, unprejudiced, unbiased, impersonal. See extrinsic. n. object, goal, aim, ambition. See intention. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Existing independently of the mind] Syn. actual, external,… …
67practical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. usable, useful; advisable; practicable, pragmatic, feasible, effective. See possibility, utility. Ant., impractical. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. matter of fact, pragmatic, unimaginative, solid,… …
68pragmatic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. practical, empirical; active, businesslike; materialistic, prosaic, pedantic, dogmatic, pedestrian. See utility. Ant., impractical. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. realistic, utilitarian, philistine,… …
69prosaic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unimaginative, dull, uninteresting, commonplace, prosy, plain, sober; unromantic. See weariness, insipidity.Ant., poetic. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. common, mundane, trite; see dull 4 . III (Roget… …
70realistic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lifelike, faithful, graphic. See similarity, conformity.Ant., unrealistic. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Practical] Syn. pragmatic, sensible, sober, hardheaded; see practical . 2. [Naturalistic] Syn.… …
