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practical
adjective as in realistic, useful
Strongest matches
businesslike, constructive, down-to-earth, efficient, factual, feasible, functional, possible, practicable, pragmatic, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, sober, workable
Weak matches
applied, both feet on the ground, commonsensical, doable, empirical, experimental, handy, hard-boiled, implicit, in action, in operation, matter-of-fact, nuts and bolts, operative, orderly, serviceable, solid, sound, systematic, unidealistic, unromantic, usable, utile, utilitarian, virtual, workaday, working
adjective as in experienced, proficient
Strongest matches
Weak matches
accomplished, cosmopolitan, qualified, seasoned, skilled, trained, versed, vet, veteran, working, worldly, worldly-wise
Example Sentences
The technology will allow you to create websites that your users find practical and useful.
Machine washable and dryer safe, this is practical for everyday use.
It’s not only a matter of waiting for an all-clear from authorities, Suh said, but addressing the “practical realities” of a socially distanced workplace, anticipating the daily flow of people within an office.
As with any fashion decision, there are both practical and aesthetic factors to consider.
The giving and receiving of presents is not a practical proposition.
A practical man who refused to run from the dreams that always drove him.
This government obligation is limited by practical considerations of safety and security.
On a practical level, readers are attracted to books that they can read in short bits.
My concerns are whether practical information is being given to the people.
For starters, from a purely practical, all-hands-on-deck position, I say if you can do the job, you should keep the job.
These practical demonstrations occurred usually in the opening enthusiasm of the term.
As the weeks wore on, the pretence of practical teaching was quietly dropped, and we crammed our science out of the text-book.
It has a training value entirely apart from its practical value in that case.
The latter is a square-faced practical man, who is looked up to as a species of oracle by all his friends.
Modified and amended as their system is in its practical application, it still largely conditions our outlook to-day.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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