down-to-earth

1. 1.

   sensible and practical

   “has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem”

   “her earthy common sense”

   Synonymsearthy

   Similarrealistic

Questions about down-to-earth

What does down-to-earth mean?

down-to-earth means "sensible and practical".

How many syllables are in down-to-earth?

down-to-earth has 4 syllables: down--to--e-arth. The stress falls on "to-".

What is another word for down-to-earth?

Close synonyms include earthy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is down-to-earth a common word?

down-to-earth is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.