realistic
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˌriːəˈlɪstɪk/
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realista
- The movie's special effects made the alien creatures look incredibly realistic.
- realistic fiction
- more realistic
- realistic images
Look, this thing can do kind of realistic videos.
- Look, this thing can do kind of realistic videos.
- I like it realistic and real and honest.
- So that was a, that was a reasonable realistic disaster movie.
- Welcome to an incredibly authentic and realistic a carpet tour.
Examples
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The thing to notice about this piece... the thing that makes it very, very special... is its realistic depiction of its figures.
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All of this comes together to give the player the most realistic driving experience.
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We want this to look as realistic as possible.
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That gives the artist the most soft and realistic skin.
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- It sure looks realistic.
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The lighting effects are really realistic.
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The stronger and more realistic your talk is, the more your actors will come alive.
Academic text (2011) -
Students' writing experiences should reflect a realistic representation of the current literacy world.
Academic text (2012) -
Our model produces realistic motion, an example of which is shown in figure 4c.
Academic text (2012) -
In the 1970s, shockingly realistic novels and picture books became the mode as authors addressed serious taboos.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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3.9
That looks and moves like a real person or animal
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6.0
Showing people and things as they are in real life
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6.7
Showing people or things so they look like real life
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4.1
Very similar to real life in looks and detail
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7.0
An image that looks almost exactly like a real photograph
Very similar to real life and easy to imagine
Showing people or life in a very realistic and often harsh way
Antonyms
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Realistic comes from the root real, which goes back to the Latin res meaning 'thing'. So a realistic painting, novel, or film tries to show life 'as it really is'.