idealistic

The word “idealistic” has 5 syllables: i-de-al-is-tic

It's pronounced as /aɪˌdiːəˈlɪstɪk/


What is synonym and antonym for idealistic?

In the thesaurus, “idealistic” has 32 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for idealistic along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for idealistic

Antonyms for idealistic

  • clear-eyed
  • clear-sighted
  • hard-nosed
  • hardheaded
  • practical
  • pragmatic
  • pragmatical
  • realistic
  • tough-minded
  • unsentimental

Meanings of idealistic

  • adjective
    1. Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.

Example Sentences

  • She approached every challenge with an unwavering and idealistic perspective.
  • Despite the harsh realities, his commitment to his idealistic beliefs remained unshaken.
  • The organization was founded on a bold and idealistic vision of social equality.
  • As a young artist, her paintings reflected a vibrant and idealistic worldview.
  • The candidate's speeches were filled with passionate and idealistic promises for a better future.

On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to idealistic, such as: Pollyannaish, Pollyannish, abstracted, chimerical, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, crusading.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

idealist

ideologic

  • abstract
  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • conceptual
  • crusading
  • doctrinaire
  • doctrinal
  • dogmatic
  • dogmatical
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • ideal
  • idealist
  • idealistic
  • ideational
  • implacable
  • impractical
  • inflexible
  • messianic
  • metaphysical
  • mulish
  • nonrealistic
  • notional
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • opinionated
  • opinionative
  • opinioned
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • philosophical
  • pigheaded
  • pontifical
  • quixotic
  • quixotical
  • rigid
  • romantic
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • starry
  • starry-eyed
  • stubborn
  • theoretic
  • theoretical
  • unbending
  • unrealistic
  • unyielding
  • utopian
  • visionary
  • zealous

ideological

  • abstract
  • academic
  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • airy
  • ambitious
  • analytical
  • arcadian
  • as a premise
  • assumed
  • brainy
  • cerebral
  • chimerical
  • clairvoyant
  • codified
  • conceptive
  • conceptual
  • conjectural
  • contingent
  • crusading
  • dangerous
  • deep
  • dicey
  • doctrinaire
  • doctrinal
  • dogmatic
  • dogmatical
  • dream
  • experimental
  • fanciful
  • fantasy
  • formalistic
  • formularized
  • general
  • grandiose
  • hairy
  • hardheaded
  • hazardous
  • headstrong
  • heavy
  • hopeful
  • hypothetic
  • hypothetical
  • ideal
  • idealist
  • idealistic
  • idealized
  • ideational
  • iffy
  • illusory
  • imaginative
  • immaterial
  • implacable
  • impossible
  • impractical
  • in the abstract
  • in theory
  • inflexible
  • inner
  • instanced
  • intelle
  • intellective
  • intellectual
  • lofty
  • logical
  • messianic
  • metaphysical
  • mulish
  • mysterious
  • nonrealistic
  • notional
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • on paper
  • opinionated
  • opinionative
  • opinioned
  • otherworldly
  • pedantic
  • perfect
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • philosophical
  • phrenic
  • pie-in-the-sky
  • pigheaded
  • pontifical
  • postulated
  • presumed
  • pretentious
  • problematical
  • psychiatric
  • psychic
  • psychical
  • psychological
  • pure
  • quixotic
  • quixotical
  • rational
  • reasoning
  • rigid
  • risky
  • romantic
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • speculative
  • spiritual
  • starry
  • starry-eyed
  • stubborn
  • subconscious
  • subjective
  • subliminal
  • suppositional
  • telepathic
  • tentative
  • theoretic
  • theoretical
  • thinking
  • thoughtful
  • transcendent
  • transcendental
  • unbending
  • uncertain
  • unearthly
  • unfeasible
  • unproved
  • unproven
  • unreal
  • unrealistic
  • unsubstantiated
  • unyielding
  • utopian
  • vague
  • visionary
  • zealous

naif

  • amateur
  • angel
  • apprentice
  • aw-shucks
  • babe
  • beginner
  • beguiled
  • believing
  • callow
  • careless
  • cherub
  • childish
  • childlike
  • colt
  • credulous
  • cub
  • dewy
  • dewy-eyed
  • dove
  • dupe
  • duped
  • fledgling
  • green
  • greenhorn
  • gullable
  • gulled
  • gullible
  • hayseed
  • heedless
  • idealistic
  • immature
  • impractical
  • inexperienced
  • ingenue
  • ingenuous
  • innocent
  • lamb
  • learner
  • naive
  • neophyte
  • new hand
  • newbie
  • newcomer
  • novice
  • pigeon
  • primitive
  • raw
  • recruit
  • rube
  • saint
  • sap
  • sheep
  • simple
  • simpleminded
  • simpleton
  • softie
  • softy
  • sucker
  • susceptible
  • tenderfoot
  • thoughtless
  • tricked
  • trustful
  • trusting
  • tyro
  • uncritical
  • unguarded
  • unknowing
  • unrealistic
  • unsophisticated
  • unsuspecting
  • unsuspicious
  • unwary
  • unworldly
  • virgin
  • weakling
  • wide-eyed
  • wimp

naive

  • aboveboard
  • acquiescent
  • agreeable
  • amiable
  • artless
  • aw-shucks
  • beguiled
  • believing
  • callow
  • candid
  • careless
  • childish
  • childlike
  • confiding
  • countrified
  • credulous
  • deceivable
  • dewy
  • dewy-eyed
  • direct
  • duped
  • easy
  • exploitable
  • fictile
  • forthright
  • frank
  • free
  • free-spoken
  • fresh
  • gee-whiz
  • genuine
  • green
  • guileless
  • gullable
  • gulled
  • gullible
  • harmless
  • heedless
  • honest
  • idealistic
  • ignorant
  • immature
  • impractical
  • impressionable
  • impulsive
  • inexperienced
  • ingenuous
  • innocent
  • innocuous
  • instinctive
  • jejune
  • lamb
  • like a babe in the woods
  • malleable
  • naif
  • natural
  • obliging
  • on the level
  • open
  • openhearted
  • original
  • overcredulous
  • patsy
  • persuadable
  • persuasible
  • plain
  • plainspoken
  • pliable
  • pliant
  • primitive
  • raw
  • real
  • simple
  • simple-minded
  • simpleminded
  • sincere
  • single-minded
  • spontaneous
  • square
  • straight
  • straightforward
  • sucker
  • susceptible
  • thoughtless
  • tricked
  • true
  • trustful
  • trusting
  • unaffected
  • uncritical
  • unforced
  • unguarded
  • unjaded
  • unknowing
  • unpretending
  • unpretentious
  • unrealistic
  • unschooled
  • unsophisticated
  • unstudied
  • unsuspecting
  • unsuspicious
  • untaught
  • unwary
  • unworldly
  • virgin
  • wide-eyed
  • yielding

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