realistic (adj.)
- animist
- animistic
- astute
- atomistic
- authentic
- banausic
- breathing
- businesslike
- candid
- characteristic
- commercial
- commonsense
- delineative
- depictive
- descriptive
- distinctive
- down-to-earth
- earthy
- eclectic
- empirical
- exemplary
- existential
- expositive
- expressive
- faithful
- general
- genuine
- good
- graphic
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-nosed
- hardheaded
- hedonic
- hedonistic
- honest
- humanist
- humanistic
- idealistic
- lawful
- legitimate
- level-headed
- lifelike
- literal
- living
- materialistic
- matter-of-fact
- mechanistic
- metaphysical
- moneymaking
- monistic
- natural
- naturalist
- naturalistic
- naturistic
- no-nonsense
- normal
- orderly
- original
- pantheistic
- positivist
- positivistic
- practical
- pragmatic
- pragmatical
- prosaic
- prudent
- pure
- quintessential
- rational
- rationalistic
- real
- reasonable
- regular
- representative
- rightful
- sane
- scholastic
- scientific
- secular
- sensationalistic
- sensible
- shrewd
- simple
- sincere
- sober
- sophisticated
- sound
- speaking
- sterling
- sure-enough
- syncretistic
- theistic
- tough
- tough-minded
- typal
- typic
- typical
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unassuming
- uncolored
- undisguised
- undistorted
- unexceptional
- unfeigned
- unflattering
- unimagined
- unpretending
- unqualified
- unromantic
- unsentimental
- unvarnished
- usual
- utilitarian
- verbal
- verbatim
- veridical
- verisimilar
- vivid
- wise
- workaday
- working
- worldly