Synonyms for Pragmatic:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • matter-of-fact,
  • pragmatic.
  •dogmatic (adjective)
  • peremptory,
  • un qualified,
  • as matter of course,
  • unerring,
  • eternal,
  • more doctrinal,
  • more deductive,
  • as matter course,
  • most reasoned,
  • more reasoned,
  • in evitable,
  • doctrinaire,
  • as a matter course,
  • in-evitable,
  • un changeable,
  • un-qualified,
  • most deductive,
  • most doctrinal,
  • un erring,
  • un-erring,
  • un-changeable,
  • more excathedra,
  • most excathedra.
  •down-to-earth (adjective)
  • more unfantastic,
  • nononsense,
  • un fantastic,
  • un sentimental,
  • most unfantastic,
  • more unidealistic,
  • un idealistic,
  • most unidealistic,
  • un-idealistic,
  • plainspoken,
  • un-fantastic,
  • un-sentimental,
  • most unsentimental,
  • more unsentimental.
  •down to earth (adjective)
  • in formal,
  • sober minded,
  • in-formal,
  • soberminded,
  • more sober minded,
  • more soberminded,
  • down earth,
  • most sober-minded,
  • most soberminded,
  • most sober minded,
  • un assuming,
  • un-pretentious,
  • more sober-minded.
  •earthy (adjective)
  • folksy,
  • down home,
  • lowbred,
  • robust,
  • home folk.
  •empirical/empiric (adjective)
  • provisional,
  • pro-visional,
  • observed,
  • pro visional,
  • most experient,
  • more experient,
  • most observational,
  • more experiential,
  • more observational,
  • most experiential.
  •expedient (adjective)
  • most desirable,
  • wisest,
  • tactical.
  •hard (adjective)
  • harder.
  •hard-nosed/hardheaded (adjective)
  • hard nosed,
  • head strong,
  • in-tractable,
  • in tractable,
  • more tough nut,
  • more hard nosed,
  • more toughnut,
  • levelheaded,
  • most tough-nut,
  • most hardheaded,
  • headstrong,
  • toughnut,
  • re solute,
  • un-yielding,
  • un yielding,
  • more tough-nut,
  • most tough nut,
  • most toughnut,
  • re-solute.
  •hardheaded (adjective)
  • level headed.
  •helpful (adjective)
  • co operative,
  • most caring,
  • in valuable,
  • most serendipitous,
  • in-valuable,
  • more caring,
  • helpful,
  • more symbiotic,
  • most bettering,
  • more serendipitous,
  • most symbiotic,
  • more supportive,
  • more bettering.
  •matter-of-fact (adjective)
  • un affected,
  • cold blooded,
  • prosy,
  • un impassioned,
  • prosiest,
  • un-imaginative,
  • most unimpassioned,
  • un imaginative,
  • stoic,
  • more unimpassioned,
  • un-impassioned,
  • prosier.
  •officious (adjective)
  • overzealous,
  • most meddling,
  • most overzealous,
  • interfering,
  • over zealous,
  • more overzealous,
  • more meddling.
  •opinionated (adjective)
  • weighted,
  • set in stone,
  • hardline,
  • highhanded,
  • tilted,
  • singleminded,
  • seton,
  • hard line,
  • high-handed,
  • set on,
  • set-on,
  • self-assertive.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • down-to-earth,
  • excathedra,
  • over-zealous,
  • profitable,
  • Sober-minded,
  • naturalistic,
  • dogmatic,
  • serendipitous,
  • purposive,
  • ex cathedra,
  • all-purpose,
  • empirical,
  • unfantastic,
  • in action,
  • existential,
  • good for,
  • tough nut,
  • by natural law,
  • pragmatical,
  • of assistance,
  • no nonsense,
  • commonsense,
  • deductive,
  • matter of fact,
  • paying well,
  • unromantic,
  • earthy,
  • true-life,
  • realistic,
  • well-paying,
  • symbiotic,
  • Experient,
  • by nature,
  • unsentimental,
  • doctrinal,
  • workaday,
  • on faith,
  • utilitarian,
  • experiential,
  • of use,
  • expedient,
  • doable,
  • observational,
  • practical,
  • coldblooded,
  • empiric,
  • paid off,
  • ex-cathedra,
  • co-operative,
  • by fiat,
  • hard,
  • both feet on the ground,
  • hardboiled,
  • head-strong,
  • unidealistic,
  • useful,
  • unimpassioned,
  • tough-nut,
  • self-sustaining,
  • in operation,
  • locked in,
  • hardnosed,
  • as a matter of course.
  •practical (adjective)
  • more workaday,
  • doablest,
  • utile,
  • most workaday,
  • both feet the ground,
  • nuts bolts,
  • more utile,
  • most utile,
  • both feet ground,
  • down to earth,
  • doabler,
  • both feet on ground.
  •pragmatical (adjective)
  • toughminded,
  • tough minded.
  •profitable (adjective)
  • more paying,
  • most wellpaying,
  • selfsustaining,
  • more selfsustaining,
  • costeffective,
  • re-warding,
  • more well-paying,
  • more self-sustaining,
  • more sustaining,
  • cost effective,
  • self sustaining,
  • most well-paying,
  • in black,
  • most paying,
  • most self sustaining,
  • more self sustaining,
  • more wellpaying,
  • most self-sustaining,
  • more well paying,
  • most well paying,
  • well paying,
  • most selfsustaining,
  • wellpaying,
  • most sustaining,
  • re warding.
  •true-life (adjective)
  • truelife,
  • true life.
  •unromantic (adjective)
  • un-romantic,
  • un romantic.
  •useful (adjective)
  • most all purpose,
  • more allpurpose,
  • all purpose,
  • most allpurpose,
  • more all-purpose,
  • most purposive,
  • more toward,
  • most all-purpose,
  • allpurpose,
  • more purposive,
  • most toward,
  • more all purpose.
  •virtual (adjective)
  • in practice,
  • unacknowledged,
  • in conduct,
  • in all but name.

• n.

  •
  • balanced,
  • mature,
  • sensible,
  • Grounded.
  •
  • excite,
  • objective,
  • real,
  • sober.
  •communication (noun)
  • pragmatic sanction.
  •hard-nosed (noun)
  • hard-nosed.
  •hardheaded (noun)
  • hardheaded.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • imperial decree.
  •realistic (noun)
  • philistine,
  • extensional.

• v.

  •Other relevant words: (verb)
  • sound.
  •reasoning (verb)
  • logic.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • logical,
  • poised,
  • earthbound,
  • healthy,
  • steady,
  • dependable,
  • Clear-headed,
  • enlightened,
  • sensibly,
  • practically,
  • advisable,
  • rationally,
  • kibitzer,
  • businesslike,
  • discriminating,
  • justifiable,
  • philosophical,
  • good-tempered,
  • Quidnunc,
  • well-balanced,
  • responsibly,
  • cogent,
  • rational,
  • tough-minded,
  • pragmatist,
  • politic,
  • Cool-headed,
  • centered,
  • imperturbable,
  • proactive,
  • coherent,
  • well-advised,
  • level-headed,
  • centred,
  • unflappable,
  • buttinsky,
  • sane,
  • reality check,
  • square with,
  • moderation,
  • even-tempered,
  • meddler,
  • collected.
  •
  • realist,
  • interloper,
  • applied,
  • reason,
  • common sense,
  • rightly,
  • realism,
  • realistically,
  • busybody,
  • practicality,
  • sanity,
  • coherence.
  •
  • adult,
  • moderate,
  • responsible,
  • solid.
  •
  • concrete.
  •
  • sense.
  •
  • open.
  •
  • good.
  •in essence
  • virtual.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • calculating,
  • serene,
  • contemplative,
  • unperturbed,
  • placid,
  • productive,
  • applicative,
  • functional,
  • mechanistic,
  • reflective,
  • critical,
  • cool,
  • officious,
  • searching,
  • dogmatical,
  • of help,
  • philosophical doctrine,
  • patient,
  • composed,
  • systematic,
  • pertinent,
  • reasoning,
  • animistic,
  • commodious,
  • feasible,
  • fitting,
  • acquirable,
  • hedonist,
  • friendly,
  • benevolent,
  • equanimous,
  • beneficial,
  • meditative,
  • banausic,
  • equable,
  • methodical,
  • linguistic,
  • commonsensical,
  • unconcerned,
  • of service,
  • positivist,
  • materialistic,
  • judicious,
  • acceptable,
  • utilizable,
  • kind,
  • dictatorial,
  • valuable,
  • experimental,
  • employable,
  • worldly,
  • advantageous,
  • unruffled,
  • no-nonsense,
  • transcendentalist,
  • sensationalistic,
  • positivistic,
  • practicable,
  • secular,
  • considerate,
  • humanist,
  • mulish,
  • voluntaristic,
  • intelligent,
  • magisterial,
  • uncompromising,
  • scholastic,
  • meet,
  • serviceable,
  • instrumentalist,
  • calm,
  • positive,
  • Hard-headed,
  • coolheaded,
  • categorical,
  • scientific,
  • workable,
  • rationalistic,
  • monistic,
  • opinionated,
  • hedonistic,
  • unemotional,
  • Business-like,
  • worthwhile,
  • Nominalist,
  • effective,
  • thinking,
  • realizable,
  • arbitrary,
  • cogitative,
  • usable,
  • pantheistic,
  • Overofficious,
  • useable,
  • effectual,
  • philosophical theory,
  • right,
  • constructive,
  • epicurean,
  • reassuring,
  • syncretistic,
  • Vitalistic,
  • categoric,
  • detached,
  • rule of thumb,
  • suitable,
  • meddlesome,
  • penetrating,
  • eclectic,
  • theistic,
  • reasonable,
  • neighbourly,
  • apropos,
  • prosaic,
  • practical-minded,
  • pragmatically,
  • animist,
  • hedonic,
  • operable,
  • appropriate,
  • supportive,
  • sound-thinking,
  • correct,
  • fit,
  • Eudaemonistic,
  • humanistic,
  • everyday,
  • metaphysical,
  • temperate,
  • scientistic,
  • knowing,
  • hard-boiled,
  • befitting,
  • Unideal,
  • tough,
  • accommodating,
  • absolute,
  • sympathetic,
  • proper,
  • thoughtful,
  • stoical,
  • caring,
  • operative,
  • cooperative,
  • tranquil,
  • atomistic,
  • voluntarist,
  • efficient,
  • applicable.

Paraphrases for Pragmatic:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    realistic.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    programmatic, results-oriented, concrete, practice-oriented, truth-seeking, result-oriented, actual, unrealistic, actionable, practices, factual, workable, impractical, empirical, feasible, substantive, utilitarian, specific, convenient, dispassionate, functional.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    matter-of-fact, businesslike, down-to-earth, practicable, Business-like, hands-on, tangible, real, operational.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    pragmatism, pragmatist.

Antonyms for Pragmatic:

• adj.

  • sensible
    excited, impractical, inefficient, idealistic, unrealistic.
  • Other antonyms:
    fanciful, utopian, optimistic, half-baked, theoretical, cheerful, romantic, blue sky, irrational, illogical, rose-colored, unreasonable, sentimental, trusting, unsuspicious, imaginative, trustful, fantastic, visionary, insane.

Hyponym for Pragmatic:

• n.

  • communication
    imperial decree.