English adjective: practical | |||
1. | practical concerned with actual use or practice | ||
Samples | He is a very practical person. The idea had no practical application. A practical knowledge of Japanese. Woodworking is a practical art. | ||
Similar | applicative, applicatory, functional, interoperable, matter-of-fact, operable, practicable, pragmatic, pragmatical, serviceable, unimaginative, working | ||
See also | concrete, possible, realistic, serviceable | ||
Attribute | practicality | ||
Antonyms | impractical | ||
2. | practical guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | ||
Samples | A hardheaded appraisal of our position. A hard-nosed labor leader. Completely practical in his approach to business. Not ideology but pragmatic politics. | ||
Synonyms | hard-nosed, hardheaded, pragmatic | ||
Similar | realistic | ||
Antonyms | unrealistic | ||
3. | practical being actually such in almost every respect | ||
Samples | A practical failure. The once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin. | ||
Synonyms | virtual | ||
Similar | realistic | ||
Antonyms | unrealistic | ||
4. | practical having or put to a practical purpose or use | ||
Samples | Practical mathematics. Practical applications of calculus. | ||
Similar | applied | ||
Antonyms | theoretical | ||