different between realistic vs cromulent

English

Etymology

realist +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????l?st?k/, /??i?j??l?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

realistic (comparative more realistic, superlative most realistic)

1. Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.

   A realistic appraisal of the situation.
2. Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.

   A realistic novel about the Victorian poor.

Antonyms

• unrealistic
• utopian

Derived terms

• realisticity
• realisticness

Related terms

• real
• realism
• realist
• reality
• realize

Translations

Anagrams

• clarities, eristical

English

Etymology

A humorous, intentionally morphologically opaque neologism coined by American television writer David X. Cohen (born 1966) for “Lisa the Iconoclast”, a 1996 episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??mj?l?nt/, /-j?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??mj?l?nt/, /-j?-/
• Hyphenation: crom?u?lent

Adjective

cromulent (comparative more cromulent, superlative most cromulent)

1. (humorous) Fine, acceptable or correct. [from 1996]

   Antonym: anomalous

Derived terms

• cromulence

Translations

See also

• embiggen