down-to-earth (Meaning)
down-to-earth (s)
sensible and practical
Synonyms & Antonyms of down-to-earth
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- supercilious
- haughty
- high-handed
- bumptious
- haughty
- arrogant
- overweening
- audacious
- pretentious
- egotistic
- saucy
- bumptious
- high-handed
- aggressive
- presumptuous
- bold
- saucy
- brassy
- egotistic
- superior
- cocky
- lordly
- brash
- conceited
- highfalutin
- high-hat
- pompous
- high-and-mighty
- audacious
- assertive
- confident
- egotistical
- huffy
- huffy
- cheeky
- uppity
- presumptuous
- uppish
- lordly
- peremptory
- impudent
- uppish
- overweening
- confident
- bold
- imperious
- forward
- high-hat
- superior
- cheeky
- brash
- highfalutin
- aggressive
- peremptory
- impudent
- pompous
- cocky
- egotistical
- imperious
- arrogant
- assertive
- pretentious
- conceited
- impertinent
- impertinent
- brassy
- uppity
- forward
- high-and-mighty
- supercilious
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- domineering
- hifalutin
- vain
- bombastic
- prideful
- self-important
- vainglorious
- egoistic
- dominant
- self-confident
- disdainful
- swaggering
- chesty
- outgoing
- egocentric
- overconfident
- narcissistic
- bombastic
- showy
- overbearing
- hoity-toity
- magisterial
- toploftical
- boastful
- huffish
- hubristic
- cocksure
- magisterial
- boastful
- patronizing
- hifalutin
- egocentric
- huffish
- hoity-toity
- toplofty
- egoistical
- smug
- vain
- overconfident
- flamboyant
- self-assertive
- outgoing
- cocksure
- self-confident
- self-centered
- toploftical
- hubristic
- fastuous
- self-assertive
- egoistical
- presuming
- vainglorious
- condescending
- narcissistic
- self-asserting
- smug
- toplofty
- showy
- condescending
- self-important
- presuming
- self-centered
- ostentatious
- patronizing
- dominant
- fastuous
- domineering
- prideful
- egoistic
- chesty
- flamboyant
- self-asserting
- disdainful
- swaggering
- overbearing
- ostentatious
Synonyms:
- resigned
- mousy
- subdued
- submissive
- sheepish
- reserved
- compliant
- plain
- introverted
- passive
- ingenuous
- shrinking
- acquiescent
- unassertive
- yielding
- retiring
- unobtrusive
- deferential
- diffident
- bashful
- self-deprecating
- unaggressive
- self-effacing
- naïve
Antonyms:
- extraverted
- self-satisfied
- uninhibited
- pontificating
- self-pleased
- self-conceited
- self-congratulatory
- dominating
- self-contented
- self-obsessed
- pontificating
- stuck-up
- self-affected
- self-affected
- self-satisfied
- immodest
- self-engrossed
- braggy
- extraverted
- self-obsessed
- immodest
- stuck-up
- swelled-headed
- braggy
- extroverted
- swelled-headed
- dominating
- extroverted
- self-engrossed
- unreserved
- unreserved
- self-pleased
- self-complacent
- self-congratulatory
- self-complacent
- self-conceited
- self-contented
- uninhibited
down-to-earth Sentence Examples
- She is known for her down-to-earth personality, which makes her relatable to her constituents.
- Despite his success, he remained down-to-earth and never forgot his roots.
- The politician's down-to-earth demeanor endeared him to voters, who appreciated his lack of pretension.
- He is a down-to-earth kind of guy who doesn't take himself too seriously.
- She's a down-to-earth person who always keeps it real.
- The down-to-earth nature of the company's CEO made him popular with employees.
- His down-to-earth approach to life made him a great mentor to young people.
- The down-to-earth couple chose to have a simple wedding ceremony in their backyard.
- The film's down-to-earth portrayal of small-town life resonated with audiences.
- She's a down-to-earth gal who loves spending time with her family and friends.
FAQs About the word down-to-earth
sensible and practical
humble, modest, meek, lowly, quiet, demure,unassuming, unpretentious, timid, shy
supercilious, haughty, high-handed, bumptious, haughty,arrogant, overweening, audacious, pretentious, egotistic
She is known for her down-to-earth personality, which makes her relatable to her constituents.
Despite his success, he remained down-to-earth and never forgot his roots.
The politician's down-to-earth demeanor endeared him to voters, who appreciated his lack of pretension.
He is a down-to-earth kind of guy who doesn't take himself too seriously.