(a)realisticaware or expressing awareness of things as they really are“a realistic description”, “a realistic view of the possibilities”, “a realistic appraisal of our chances”, “the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans”
(s)naturalistic, realisticrepresenting what is real; not abstract or ideal“realistic portraiture”, “a realistic novel”, “in naturalistic colors”, “the school of naturalistic writers”