realistic

realistic
adj.
1 showing acceptance of the facts of a situation
VERBS
▪ be, seem
▪ keep sth
▪

Try to keep your ambitions realistic.

ADVERB
▪ extremely, very
▪ fairly, quite
▪ enough
▪

He was realistic enough to know this success could not last.

PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪

My friends were quite realistic about my problems.

▪ in
▪

You're not being very realistic in your expectations.

PHRASES
▪ it is not realistic to expect, think, etc. sth
▪

It's not realistic to expect people to pay more.

2 showing things as they really are
VERBS
▪ appear, be, look, seem, sound
▪

The special effects seem very realistic.

▪ become
▪ make sth
▪

You could make the hands a little more realistic.

ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ highly, truly
▪

beautifully drawn, highly realistic flowers

▪ amazingly, incredibly
▪ grimly
▪

his grimly realistic first novel about drug addicts

Realistic is used with these nouns: ↑alternative, ↑appraisal, ↑assessment, ↑chance, ↑character, ↑context, ↑demand, ↑estimate, ↑expectation, ↑goal, ↑hope, ↑level, ↑look, ↑option, ↑picture, ↑plan, ↑portrayal, ↑projection, ↑prospect, ↑representation, ↑scenario, ↑simulation, ↑solution, ↑target, ↑timetable, ↑view

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