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Practical

🔄 Synonyms of "Practical"

18 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
pragmaticnoun	Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
useful	Having a practical or beneficial use.
functionalnoun	Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
realistic	Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.
hard-nosed	(of a person) Tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
pragmatical	Synonym of pragmatic (“practical”).
applicable	Suitable for application, relevant.
practicable	Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
hardheaded	Stubborn; wilful.
virtualnoun	(computing) Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.
applied	Put into practical use.
operable	Able to be operated or used.
serviceable	In condition for use.
matter-of-fact	Straightforward, blunt, frank; treating the situation as normal; not embarrassed, coy, or dramatic.
applicativenoun	Having practical application; applicable.
applicatory	able to be applied or used, practical
workingnoun	(usually in the plural) Operation; action.
unimaginative	Not imaginative.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
impractical	Not practical; impracticable.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hard-nosed	(of a person) Tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
pragmatic	Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
pragmatical	Synonym of pragmatic (“practical”).
realistic	Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.
applicable	Suitable for application, relevant.
matter-of-fact	Straightforward, blunt, frank; treating the situation as normal; not embarrassed, coy, or dramatic.
practicable	Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
functional	Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
applicatory	able to be applied or used, practical
applicative	Having practical application; applicable.
serviceable	In condition for use.
appliedverb	Put into practical use.
operable	Able to be operated or used.
working	That is or are functioning.
virtual	(computing) Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.
useful	Having a practical or beneficial use.
hardheaded	Stubborn; wilful.
unimaginative	Not imaginative.
experiential	Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.
empirical	Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.