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| Main Entry: | impractical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrealistic |
| Synonyms: | abstract, absurd, chimerical, idealistic, illogical, impossible, impracticable, improbable, inapplicable, inefficacious, infeasible, inoperable, ivory-tower, no go, nonfunctional, nonviable, otherworldly, quixotic, romantic, speculative, starry-eyed, theoretical, unattainable, unbusinesslike, unfeasible, unreal, unserviceable, unusable, unwise, unworkable, useless, visionary, wild, won't fly |
| Notes: | impractical means 'not advisable to put into practice' while impracticable means 'not capable of being put into practice'; impractical or unpractical is something that can be done but isn't worth doing while impracticable means it can't be done at all |
| Antonyms: | practical, sensible |
| Main Entry: | impractical/impracticable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrealistic |
| Synonyms: | abstract, absurd, chimerical, idealistic, illogical, impossible, impracticable, improbable, inapplicable, inefficacious, infeasible, inoperable, irrealizable, ivory-tower, no-go, nonfunctional, nonviable, not a prayer, otherworldly, out of the question, quixotic, romantic, speculative, starry-eyed*, theoretical, unattainable, unbusinesslike, unfeasible, unreal, unserviceable, unusable, unwise, unworkable, useless, visionary, wild, won't fly |
| Antonyms: | practicable, practical, probable, realistic, reasonable, tenable, viable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doctrinaire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dogmatic, opinionated |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, authoritative, biased, bigoted, bullheaded*, dictatorial, dogged, fanatical, impractical, inflexible, insistent, magisterial, mulish, obstinate, one-sided, pertinacious, pigheaded*, rigid, speculative, stubborn, unrealistic, dictative, stiff-necked* |
| Antonyms: | amenable, flexible, manageable, obedient, submissive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dreamy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illusory, romantic |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, astral, calming, chimerical, daydreaming, excellent, fanciful, fantastic, gentle, idealistic, imaginary, immaterial, impractical, intangible, introspective, marvelous, misty, musing, mythical, nightmarish, otherworldly, out of this world, pensive, preoccupied, quixotic, shadowy, soothing, speculative, unreal, unsubstantial, utopian, vague, visionary, whimsical, introvertive, lulling, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, relaxing |
| Antonyms: | horrible, terrible, unromantic |
| Main Entry: | frivolous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial, silly |
| Synonyms: | barmy*, childish, dizzy*, empty-headed*, facetious, featherbrained*, flighty, flip, flippant, foolish, gay, giddy*, harebrained*, idiotic, idle, impractical, juvenile, light, minor, niggling*, paltry, peripheral, petty, playful, pointless, puerile, scatterbrained*, senseless, shallow, sportive, superficial, tongue-in-cheek*, unimportant, volatile, whimsical, ill-considered, light-minded, nonserious, not serious, unprofound |
| Antonyms: | grave, mature, sensible, serious, solemn, thoughtful, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | futile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless, pointless |
| Synonyms: | abortive, barren, bootless, delusive, empty, exhausted, forlorn, fruitless, hollow, idle, impracticable, impractical, in vain, ineffective, ineffectual, insufficient, no dice, nugatory, on a treadmill, otiose, out the window, profitless, resultless, save one's breath, sterile, to no avail, to no effect, to no purpose, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unneeded, unproductive, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial, unsuccessful, useless, vain, valueless, worthless |
| Antonyms: | fruitful, hopeful, productive, profitable |
| Main Entry: | half-baked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid; not thought through |
| Synonyms: | backward, batty*, brainless, crazy, dumb, foolish, harebrained*, idiotic, ignorant, impractical, indiscreet, moronic, retarded, senseless, short-sighted, silly, slow, sophomoric, underdeveloped, unformed, witless, birdbrained, blockheaded, boneheaded, feeble-minded, ill-conceived, imbecilic, poorly planned |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, smart, thoughtful, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idealistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | visionary |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, chimerical, dreaming, impractical, optimistic, quixotic, radical, romantic, starry-eyed, unrealistic, utopian, idealized |
| Main Entry: | insane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally ill; foolish |
| Synonyms: | batty*, bizarre, cracked*, crazed, crazy, cuckoo*, daft, demented, derailed, deranged, fatuous, frenzied, idiotic, impractical, irrational, irresponsible, loony*, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental, moonstruck, nuts*, nutty*, of unsound mind, off one's rocker, out of one's mind, paranoid, preposterous, psychopathic, psychotic, rabid, raging, raving, schizophrenic, screwy, senseless, touched, unhinged, unsettled, wild |
| Antonyms: | balanced, healthy, rational, reasonable, sane, sound, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quixotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | idealistic |
| Synonyms: | chimerical, chivalrous, dreaming, dreamy, foolish, impetuous, impractical, impulsive, romantic, starry-eyed, unrealistic, utopian, visionary |
| Main Entry: | romantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, idealistic |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, amorous, charming, chimerical, chivalrous, colorful, corny*, daring, dreamy, enchanting, erotic, exciting, exotic, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, fascinating, fond, glamorous, idyllic, impractical, loving, maudlin, mushy*, mysterious, nostalgic, passionate, picturesque, poetic, quixotic, sloppy*, starry-eyed, tender, unrealistic, utopian, visionary, whimsical, wild, bathetic, fairy-tale, lovey-dovey, soppy, syrupy, tear-jerking |
| Antonyms: | pragmatic, realistic, unromantic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shortsighted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unmindful of future consequences |
| Synonyms: | blind, careless, foolish, headlong, ill-advised, impolitic, impractical, improvident, imprudent, injudicious, myopic, nearsighted, rash, stupid, unwary, astigmatic, ill-considered, imperceptive, unsagacious |
| Antonyms: | careful, prudent, thoughtful, wise, longsighted |
| Main Entry: | theoretical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hypothetical |
| Synonyms: | abstract, academic, analytical, assumed, conjectural, contingent, general, ideal, imaginative, impractical, intellectual, logical, metaphysical, on paper*, pedantic, philosophical, pure, quixotic, speculative, tentative, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly, unsubstantiated, vague, as a premise, codified, formalistic, formularized, idealized, ideational, ideological, in the abstract, in theory, instanced, notional, postulated, presumed, problematical, suppositional, unproved |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, factual, real, proven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unavailing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | futile |
| Synonyms: | barren, empty, exhausted, fruitless, idle, impractical, in vain, ineffective, ineffectual, on a treadmill, save one's breath, to no avail, to no effect, to no purpose, trifling, trivial, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain, valueless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | unrealistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not believable or practical |
| Synonyms: | floating, gone*, half-baked*, impossible, impracticable, impractical, improbable, nonsensical, on cloud nine*, quixotic, romantic, silly, starry-eyed, theoretical, unreal, blue sky, ivory-tower, nonrealistic, not applicable, not sensible, reachy, unworkable |
| Antonyms: | believable, practical, pragmatic, realistic, reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | useless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working; not valuable |
| Synonyms: | abortive, bootless, disadvantageous, dysfunctional, expendable, feckless, fruitless, futile, good-for-nothing*, hopeless, idle, impracticable, impractical, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, inoperative, meaningless, pointless, purposeless, scrap, stupid*, unavailable, unavailing, unproductive, unprofitable, vain, valueless, waste, weak, worthless, counterproductive, inutile, no good, nonfunctional, of no use, profitless, unfunctional, unpurposed, unusuable, unworkable |
| Antonyms: | helpful, usable, useful, valuable, working, worthwhile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | utopian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imaginary, ideal |
| Synonyms: | abstract, airy, ambitious, chimerical, dream, fanciful, fantasy, grandiose, hopeful, idealist, idealistic, illusory, impossible, impractical, lofty, otherworldly, perfect, pretentious, quixotic, romantic, transcendental, unfeasible, visionary, arcadian, ideological, pie-in-the-sky |
| Antonyms: | real |
| Main Entry: | visionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | idealized, romantic |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, ambitious, astral, chimerical, daydreaming, dreaming, dreamy, exalted, fanciful, fantastic, grandiose, ideal, idealist, idealistic, illusory, imaginary, impractical, introspective, lofty, musing, noble, otherworldly, pretentious, prophetic, quixotic, radical, speculative, starry-eyed*, unreal, unrealistic, unworldly, utopian, delusory, in the clouds, unworkable |
| Antonyms: | practical, real, realistic, unromantic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | short-sighted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unthinking |
| Synonyms: | blind, careless, foolish, headlong, ill-advised, impolitic, impractical, improvident, imprudent, injudicious, myopic, rash, stupid, unwary, astigmatic, ill-considered, imperceptive, near-sighted, unsagacious |
| Main Entry: | impossible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond the bounds of possibility |
| Synonyms: | absurd, beyond, futile, hopeless, impassable, impervious, impracticable, impractical, inaccessible, inconceivable, insurmountable, irreparable, out of the question, preposterous, too much, unfeasible, unimaginable, unreasonable, unthinkable, useless, visionary, way out, contrary to reason, cureless, hardly possible, hundred-to-one, inexecutable, infeasible, irrealizable, no-go, no-way, no-win, not a prayer, unachievable, unattainable, uncorrectable, unobtainable, unrecoverable, unworkable |
| Antonyms: | achievable, believable, obtainable, possible, reasonable, tenable |
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