pragmatic

pragmatic
adj
1. practical, utilitarian, practicable, efficient, effective; matter-of-fact, sensible, down-to-earth, realistic, wise; businesslike, hard-nosed, hard-headed, unsentimental, unromantic; concrete, non-abstract, basic, fundamental.
2. busy, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger, hard-working, occupied, industrious; diligent, assiduous, persistent; active, energetic, on the move, alert, alive, animated, vigorous.
3. officious, meddlesome, meddling, Sl. cochleffel, interfering, intrusive; obtrusive, Inf. nosy, Inf. pushy, forward, bold.
4. dogmatic, doctrinaire, positive, opinionated; arbitrary, dictatorial, authoritarian; partisan, one-sided, narrow-minded, prejudiced; assertive, self-assured, sure of oneself, self-confident.

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  • pragmatic — I adjective clear thinking, expedient, feasible, matter of fact, practical, rational, realistic, reasonable, sensible, serviceable, sound, straight thinking, unidealistic, unromantic, unsentimental, useful, utilitarian II index constructive… …   Law dictionary

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  • pragmatic — [adj] sensible businesslike, commonsensical, down to earth, efficient, hard, hard boiled*, hardheaded*, logical, matterof fact, practical, realistic, sober, unidealistic, utilitarian; concepts 401,542 Ant. idealistic, unreasonable …   New thesaurus

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  • pragmatic — also pragmatical adjective Etymology: Latin pragmaticus skilled in law or business, from Greek pragmatikos, from pragmat , pragma deed, from prassein to do more at practical Date: 1616 1. archaic a. (1) busy (2) officious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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