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down–to–earth
adjective
: informal and easy to talk to
: practical and sensible
Full Definition of DOWN-TO-EARTH
1
: practical <down–to–earth traveling tips>
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First Known Use of DOWN-TO-EARTH
1932
Related to DOWN-TO-EARTH
- Synonyms
- demure, down-to-earth, lowly, meek, modest, unassuming, unpretentious
- Antonyms
- arrogant, bumptious, chesty, conceited, egotistic (or egotistical), fastuous, haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, hoity-toity, huffish, huffy, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
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