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functional - 11 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | functional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | working |
| Synonyms: | handy, occupational, operative, practicable, practical, serviceable, useful, utilitarian, utility, utile |
| Antonyms: | broken, idle, malfunctioning, unfunctional |
| Main Entry: | operative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, functioning; influential |
| Synonyms: | accessible, alive, crucial, current, dynamic, effective, efficient, functional, important, indicative, key, live, open, operational, practicable, relevant, running, serviceable, significant, standing, usable, workable, working, employable, in force, in operation |
| Antonyms: | inactive, ineffective, ineffectual, inoperative, useless, worthless, unfunctional, unworking |
| Main Entry: | practicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within the realm of possibility |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, applicable, attainable, feasible, functional, handy, open, operative, possible, practical, serviceable, usable, useful, viable, workable, doable, employable, performable, utile, utilizable |
| 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, impracticable, unreasonable, unattainable, unworkable |
| Main Entry: | usable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | available, working |
| Synonyms: | accessible, adaptable, advantageous, applicable, at hand, beneficial, convenient, current, exhaustible, expendable, fit, functional, good, helpful, instrumental, open, operative, practicable, practical, profitable, ready, running, serviceable, subservient, unused, useful, valid, valuable, at disposal, consumable, employable, exploitable, in order, utile, utilizable, wieldy |
| Antonyms: | useless, unusable |
| Main Entry: | useful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial, valuable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, applied, appropriate, brave, commodious, convenient, effective, favorable, fit, fruitful, functional, good, handy, helpful, instrumental, meet, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, propitious, salutary, serviceable, subsidiary, suitable, suited, toward, all-purpose, of assistance, of service, of use, purposive, utile |
| Antonyms: | useless, worthless, unusable, unvaluable |
| Main Entry: | utilitarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical |
| Synonyms: | down-to-earth, effective, efficient, functional, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, nuts and bolts*, pragmatic, realistic, sensible, serviceable, useful, commonsensical, pragmatical, unidealistic, unromantic |
| Antonyms: | impractical, unnecessary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | versatile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjustable, flexible |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adaptable, adroit, all-around, conversant, dexterous, elastic, facile, functional, gifted, handy, ingenuous, mobile, plastic, pliable, ready, resourceful, skilled, skillful, talented, variable, varied, all-purpose, ambidextrous, many-sided, multifaceted, protean, puttylike |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, limited, unadjustable |
| Main Entry: | workable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feasible |
| Synonyms: | applicable, breeze*, cinch*, duck soup*, easy, easy as pie*, functional, piece of cake*, possible, practicable, practical, snap, usable, useful, viable, working, doable, exploitable, no sweat, simple as ABC |
| Antonyms: | impractical, unfeasible, unworkable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | specialized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | specific |
| Synonyms: | functional, particular, specially designed |
| Main Entry: | practical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic, useful |
| Synonyms: | applied, businesslike, constructive, down-to-earth, efficient, empirical, experimental, factual, feasible, functional, handy, hard-boiled*, implicit, matter-of-fact*, nuts and bolts*, operative, orderly, possible, practicable, pragmatic, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, serviceable, sober, solid, sound, systematic, usable, utilitarian, virtual, workable, working, both feet on the ground, commonsensical, doable, in action, in operation, unidealistic, unromantic, utile, workaday |
| Antonyms: | impossible, impractical, unfeasible, unrealistic, useless, worthless, unserviceable, unworkable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | handy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy to use |
| Synonyms: | adaptable, advantageous, available, beneficial, central, convenient, functional, gainful, helpful, manageable, neat, practicable, practical, profitable, ready, serviceable, useful, utile, wieldy |
| Antonyms: | awkward, hard, inconvenient, useless, unhandy |
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