56 entries under realistic topic. ×

10
practical(adjective, hard, sound, sharp, conduct)
7
efficient(adjective, reasonable, sensible, exact, careful)
6
workaday(adjective, activity, business, reasonable, sensible)
5
pragmatic(adjective, hard, sound, reasonable, sensible)
4
no-nonsense(adjective, work, sharp, heavy, practical)
3
hard(sound, reasonable, sharp, sensible, practical)
3
matter-of-fact(adjective, hard, sound, reasonable)
2
prosaic(hard, sound)
2
utilitarian(adjective, hard, sound, reasonable, sensible)
2
working(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
1
applied(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
1
astute(hard, sound, reasonable, sharp, sensible)
1
commonsense(hard, sound, reasonable, sensible, practical)
1
commonsensical(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
1
constructive(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
1
doable(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
1
down-to-earth(hard, sound, reasonable, sensible, useful)
1
earthy(hard, sound, reasonable, sensible, practical)
1
empirical(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
1
experimental(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
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