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English adjective: practical

1. practical concerned with actual use or practice


SamplesHe is a very practical person.
The idea had no practical application.
A practical knowledge of Japanese.
Woodworking is a practical art.


Similarapplicative, applicatory, functional, interoperable, matter-of-fact, operable, practicable, pragmatic, pragmatical, serviceable, unimaginative, working


See alsoconcrete, possible, realistic, serviceable


Attributepracticality


Antonymsimpractical

2. practical guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory


SamplesA hardheaded appraisal of our position.
A hard-nosed labor leader.
Completely practical in his approach to business.
Not ideology but pragmatic politics.


Synonymshard-nosed, hardheaded, pragmatic


Similarrealistic


Antonymsunrealistic

3. practical being actually such in almost every respect


SamplesA practical failure.
The once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin.


Synonymsvirtual


Similarrealistic


Antonymsunrealistic

4. practical having or put to a practical purpose or use


SamplesPractical mathematics.
Practical applications of calculus.


Similarapplied


Antonymstheoretical









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