practical

[prak-ti-kuhl] / ˈpræk tɪ kəl /

ADJECTIVE

realistic, useful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

businesslike constructive down-to-earth efficient factual feasible functional possible practicable pragmatic rational reasonable sane sensible sober workable

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

excited impossible impractical inefficient irrational unattainable unfeasible unlikely unrealistic unreasonable unsound unworkable

WEAK

incapable inexperienced unproficient unseasoned unserviceable unskilled untrained useless worthless

ADJECTIVE

experienced, proficient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

effective efficient sophisticated

WEAK

accomplished cosmopolitan qualified seasoned skilled trained versed vet veteran working worldly worldly-wise

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impotent ineffective weak

WEAK

impossible impractical incapable inefficient inexperienced unfeasible unproficient unrealistic unseasoned unserviceable unskilled untrained unworkable useless worthless

Example Sentences

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All of them were without any practical application when they were developed or discovered, but each of them has since formed the basis of technologies that created multi-billion pound industries and transformed our world.

From BBC

He tried to be practical: to be a man instead of a boy.

From Literature

In a world of limited resources, state education departments are giving priority to the practical over the conceptual.

From The Wall Street Journal

“That advice has not aged well—it has the practical value of a floppy disk today,” wrote Gill.

From The Wall Street Journal

European nations already struggling to deal with Ukraine and their own economies have very practical concerns about getting involved now in Iran, said Liana Fix of the Council on Foreign Relations.

From Barron's

practical

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