realist C1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈriːəlɪst/ UK /ˈɹɪəlɪst/ See IPA manual Freq #26644 Meanings 1 noun A person who accepts situations as they truly are and deals with them in a practical way. As a realist, she knew the project would take far longer than the optimists claimed. 2 noun An artist or writer who portrays everyday life accurately rather than in an idealized way. The painter was a realist who captured the hard lives of ordinary workers. 3 noun In philosophy, someone who believes that things exist in reality independently of our perception of them. The realist argued that the world continues to exist even when no one is looking at it. Thesaurus Synonyms real-worlder ↔ Opposites cloudcuckoolanderfantasistidealist Word family Forms realists Derived forms antirealisteurorealisthyperrealistmacrorealistmetarealistneorealistnonrealistphotorealistprerealistsociorealisttechnorealistultrarealist Etymology AI details From real + -ist. Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # realist **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈriːəlɪst/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɹɪəlɪst/ **Frequency rank:** 26644 ## Meanings 1. A person who accepts situations as they truly are and deals with them in a practical way. 2. An artist or writer who portrays everyday life accurately rather than in an idealized way. 3. In philosophy, someone who believes that things exist in reality independently of our perception of them. ## Examples - As a realist, she knew the project would take far longer than the optimists claimed. - The painter was a realist who captured the hard lives of ordinary workers. - The realist argued that the world continues to exist even when no one is looking at it. ## Synonyms - real-worlder ## Antonyms - cloudcuckoolander - fantasist - idealist ## Derived Forms - antirealist - eurorealist - hyperrealist - macrorealist - metarealist - neorealist - nonrealist - photorealist - prerealist - sociorealist - technorealist - ultrarealist ## Etymology From real + -ist. ## AI Etymology Realist is from real + -ist. In present-day use, it can mean a person who accepts situations as they truly are and deals with them in a practical way, or an artist or writer who portrays everyday life accurately rather than in an idealized way. Derived formations include antirealist, eurorealist, hyperrealist, macrorealist, and metarealist. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown