Practical
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English
Noun
Practical (plural Practicals)- (UK) that part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
Adjective
Practical (comparative more Practical, superlative most Practical)
- Based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis
- Jack didn't get an engineering degree, but has practical knowledge of metalworking.
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use
- Jack's knowledge has the practical benefit of giving us useful prototype parts.
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical
- All in all, Jack's a very practical chap
Antonyms
- (based on practice or action): theoretical
- (being likely to effective and applicable to a real situation): impractical
- (of a person): impractical
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Adverbs for Practical
thoroughly; sensibly; wisely; usefully; commendably; particularly; admirably; fortunately; altogether; sagaciously; splendidly; happily.
Thesaurus
achievable, actable, adaptable, advantageous, appliable, applicable, applied, appropriate, attainable, balanced, banausic, beneficial, breadwinning, businesslike, commercial, commodious, commonsense, compassable, compliant, constructive, convenient, cool, coolheaded, doable, down-to-earth, ductile, earthy, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, empirical, employable, everyday, expedient, exploitable, feasible, field, fitting, flexible, foolproof, functional, go, good for, handy, hard, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, hardheaded, helpful, hoaxproof, judicious, levelheaded, logical, malleable, manageable, maneuverable, manipulable, manipulatable, materialistic, matter-of-fact, moneymaking, mundane, negotiable, not born yesterday, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, old, old-time, operable, operatable, operational, operative, ordinary, overcomable, performable, personal, philosophical, pliable, pliant, positivistic, practicable, practical-minded, practiced, pragmatic, pragmatical, proper, prosaic, rational, realist, realistic, realizable, reasonable, reusable, sane, scientific, scientistic, seasoned, secular, sensible, serviceable, skilled, sober, sober-minded, sophisticated, sound, sound-thinking, straight-thinking, superable, surmountable, tough-minded, tractable, uncullible, undeceivable, undeludable, undupable, unfoolable, ungullible, unhoaxable, unideal, unidealistic, unromantic, unseduceable, unsentimental, untroublesome, usable, useable, useful, utilitarian, utilizable, versed, vet, veteran, viable, virtual, well-balanced, wieldable, wieldy, wise, workable, workaday, workday, working, worldly, yielding
Etymology
< practic
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External links
- Practical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Practical in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911