Idealistic
Idealistic adjective - Having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality.
Worldly is an antonym for idealistic.
Worldly
Worldly adjective - Having a wide and refined knowledge of the world especially from personal experience.
Usage example: she returned from her year as an exchange student a much more worldly person
Idealistic is an antonym for worldly.
Both words in one sentence
- Averted in Babylon 5 by Marcus Cole: He's idealistic and good-natured, but he's also worldly, deep, and completely badass.
Source: Virginity Makes You Stupid -
Han Solo to Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, where the older, more worldly (and cynical) Han serves as a foil to the younger and more idealistic Luke.
Source: Older Sidekick -
From Heroes, Hiro is short, goofy, optimistically idealistic, and a little on the chubby side, while his best friend Ando is more serious, worldly, and taller and thinner; they're only rarely seen apart from each other.
Source: Fat and Skinny
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