Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
representing what is real;
not abstract or ideal;
- Example: "realistic portraiture"- Example: "a realistic novel"- Example: "in naturalistic colors"- Example: "the school of naturalistic writers"[syn: naturalistic, realistic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Naturalistic \Nat`u*ral*is"tic\, a.
1. Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.
[1913 Webster]
2. Closely resembling nature; realistic. "Naturalistic bit of
pantomime." --W. D. Howells.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
naturalistic
adj 1: representing what is real; not abstract or ideal;
"realistic portraiture"; "a realistic novel"; "in
naturalistic colors"; "the school of naturalistic
writers" [syn: naturalistic, realistic]