Another word for practical
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Adjective
Resulting from experience or practice
- Skilled or expert; proficient:
- Acquired or brought to perfection by practice:
See also:Serving or capable of serving a useful purpose
- Of, relating to, or in the interests of utility:
- Exhibiting or stressing utility over other values; practical:
- Of, characterized by, or advocating utilitarianism.
- Having a beneficial use; serviceable:
- Being of practical use:
- Ready for service; usable:
- Able to give long service; durable:
- Capable of being effected, done, or put into practice; feasible.
- Usable for a specified purpose:
- Easily or effectively used; convenient or useful:
- Easy to manage or handle. Used of a ship.
- Readily accessible or convenient in location:
- Of or relating to a function.
- Of, relating to, or indicating a mathematical function or functions.
- Designed for or adapted to a particular function or use:
See also:Having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are
- Facing facts and difficulties with strength and determination; realistic and resolute.
- Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
- Abstaining from or habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic drink or other intoxicants:
- Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly:
- Tending to or expressing an awareness of things as they really are:
- Of or relating to the representation of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are:
- Consisting or characteristic of prose.
- Matter-of-fact; straightforward.
- Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
- pragmatic; practical; businesslike
- (law) Relating to affairs of state.
- Arbuthnot
- Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.
- Of or relating to pragmatism.
- Of or relating to pragmatics.
- Existing independent of or external to the mind; actual or real:
- Based on observable phenomena; empirical:
- Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices:
- Relating or adhering to facts; literal.
- Straightforward or unemotional:
- Stubborn; willful.
- Realistic; pragmatic.
- Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
- Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
- Requiring great effort or endurance:
- Realistic; sensible.
- Not pretentious or affected; straightforward.
- Not overly ornate; simple in style.
Involved in the essential nature of something but not shown or developed
- Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name:
- Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination. Used in literary criticism of a text.
- Created, simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network:
- Implied or understood though not directly expressed:
- Contained in the nature of something though not readily apparent:
- Having no doubts or reservations; unquestioning:
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Another word for practical
Modifier
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- The basic working components or practical aspects:
- Performing work:
- Operating or functioning as required:
- Having a paying job; employed:
- Having an intended or expected effect.
- Producing a strong impression or response; striking:
- Operative; in effect:
- Acting or producing effectively with a minimum of waste, expense, or unnecessary effort:
- Acting directly to produce an effect:
- Causing less waste or requiring less effort than comparable devices or methods. Used in combination:
- Ready for service; usable:
- Able to give long service; durable:
- Capable of being used:
- Fit for use; convenient to use:
- Capable of happening, existing, or being true without contradicting proven facts, laws, or circumstances:
- Capable of becoming or of being made to be so; potential:
- Capable of occurring or being done in accordance with something specified. Used with the superlative:
- Of, relating to, or in the interests of utility:
- Exhibiting or stressing utility over other values; practical:
- Of, characterized by, or advocating utilitarianism.
- Being in effect; having force; operating:
- Functioning effectively; efficient.
- Engaged in or concerned with physical or mechanical activity.
- Having or exercising the ability to reason.
- Consistent with or based on reason or good judgment; logical or sensible:
- Of sound mind; sane:
- Capable of reasoning; rational:
- Governed by or being in accordance with reason or sound thinking:
- Being within the bounds of common sense:
- Of sound mind; mentally healthy:
- Having or showing sound judgment; reasonable.
- Acting with or exhibiting good judgment; reasonable:
- Not ornate or impractical:
- Having a perception of something; cognizant:
- Tending to or expressing an awareness of things as they really are:
- Of or relating to the representation of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are:
- Stubborn; willful.
- Realistic; pragmatic.
- Realistic; sensible.
- Not pretentious or affected; straightforward.
- Not overly ornate; simple in style.
- Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
- Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
- The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
- Having a beneficial use; serviceable:
- Being of practical use:
- Of or relating to a function.
- Of, relating to, or indicating a mathematical function or functions.
- Designed for or adapted to a particular function or use:
- Capable of being put into effective operation; practicable or feasible:
- Capable of being worked, dealt with, or handled:
- Capable of being accomplished or brought about; possible:
- Capable of being used or dealt with successfully:
- Logical; likely:
- Capable of being effected, done, or put into practice; feasible.
- Usable for a specified purpose:
- Of definite shape and volume; not liquid or gaseous:
- Of or relating to three-dimensional geometric figures or bodies.
- Firm or compact in substance:
- Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.
- Of or relating to pragmatism.
- Of or relating to pragmatics.
- Relating or adhering to facts; literal.
- Straightforward or unemotional:
Antonyms:
Synonym Study
- today it is but one of the practical applications of the science
- Practicable is used of something that appears to be capable of being done or put into effect, but has not yet been developed or tried before the era of electronics, television did not seem practicable
- Practical , when used of things, stresses usefulness and effectiveness as tested by actual experience, and when used of people, stresses a sensible, realistic approach to life or to the particular circumstances
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