Matter-of-fact Synonyms and Antonyms

mătər-əv-făkt
Having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. prosaic
  2. objective
  3. practical
  4. pragmatic
  5. pragmatical
  6. direct
  7. dull
  8. down-to-earth
  9. sober
  10. unemotional
  11. realistic
  12. unimaginative
  13. unromantic
  14. literal
  15. hard
  16. hardheaded
  17. businesslike
  18. calm
  19. nonchalant
  20. cold
  21. dry
  22. commonplace
  23. plain
  24. frank
  25. plain-speaking
  26. impersonal
  27. straight-thinking
  28. straightforward
  29. feasible
  30. unexciting
  31. tough-minded
  32. unimpassioned
  33. unartistic
  34. unaffected
  35. literal minded
  36. pedestrian
Antonyms:
  1. imaginative
  2. emotional
  3. lively
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With little or no emotion or expression
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dry
  2. impassive
  3. unemotional
A disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. question of fact

Words Related to Matter-of-fact

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. attitude
  2. real
  3. excite
  4. matter-of-course
  5. matter of necessity
  6. matter-of-interest
  7. self-deprecate
  8. laconic
  9. sententious
  10. self-effacing
  11. jocular
  12. brusque
  13. sardonic
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Matter-of-fact Sentence Examples

  • Be relaxed, positive, and matter-of-fact about the whole process.

  • Gabriel's matter-of-fact talk of magic and laws older than time hadn't clarified much, except that he believed she belonged to him.

  • Filled with blood, it was natural to regard it as the seat of the blood, and as a matter of fact one-sixth of the entire blood of man is in the liver, while in the case of some animals the proportion is even larger.

  • No single matter of fact necessarily implies the existence of any other.

  • Lana flushed at the matter-of-fact tone Mike, Kelli's husband, took.

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