practical

/pɹˈæktəkəl/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. concerned with actual use or practice
   “he is a very practical person”
2. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
   “a hardheaded appraisal of our position”
3. being actually such in almost every respect
   “a practical failure”
4. having or put to a practical purpose or use
   “practical mathematics”

Synonyms for practical

• applicative
• functional
• interoperable
• matter-of-fact
• operable
• serviceable
• unimaginative
• working
• hardheaded
• hard-nosed
• pragmatic
• realistic
• virtual
• applied

Antonyms of practical

• impractical

Words that rhyme with practical

• impractical