Word.ws English Dictionary

down to earth

down to earth is the alternative form of down-to-earth.

Meaning of down-to-earth

Adjective

down-to-earth

  1. (idiomatic) Practical; realistic; pragmatic.
    • He had a down-to-earth attitude that translated into a straightforward, but effective strategy.
    Synonyms:
    have one's feet on the ground, earth-bound
  2. (idiomatic) Ordinary; normal; run-of-the-mill.
    • "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to devote any of tonight's news to evil monkey shenanigans unless you can find something more down to earth to focus your report on."2009 January 20, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009

Questions about down to earth

What is down to earth the alternative form of?
Down to earth is the alternative form of down-to-earth.

Words near down to earth in the dictionary

  1. down times
  2. down to
  3. down to a fine art
  4. down to a science
  5. down to a T
  6. down to earth
  7. down to every move on the board
  8. down to the short strokes
  9. down to the wire
  10. down tools
  11. down train

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: down to earth (page history and authors); down-to-earth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “down to earth.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/down_to_earth. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.