| Main Entry: |
practical |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
realistic, useful |
Synonyms: |
applied, both feet on the ground, businesslike, commonsensical,
constructive, doable, down-to-earth,
efficient,
empirical, experimental,
factual,
feasible,
functional,
handy, hard-boiled,
implicit, in action, in operation, matter-of-fact, nuts and bolts,
operative,
orderly,
possible, practicable,
pragmatic,
rational,
reasonable,
sane,
sensible, serviceable,
sober,
solid,
sound,
systematic, unidealistic, unromantic,
usable, utile,
utilitarian,
virtual, workable, workaday,
working
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| Notes: |
practical applies when what is in question is the conduct of affairs, whereas pragmatic applies when the question is the planning with respect to these affairs; practical is anything that can be done and is worth doing, while practicable is anything that can be done - worthwhile or not |
Antonyms: |
impossible, impractical, unfeasible, unrealistic, unserviceable, unworkable, useless, worthless
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