Synonyms for practical
ˈpræk tɪ kəlprac·ti·cal

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1. practicaladjective

   Based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis

   Jack didn't get an engineering degree, but has practical knowledge of metalworking.

   Antonyms:
   theoretical

2. practicaladjective

   Jack's knowledge has the practical benefit of giving us useful prototype parts.

   Antonyms:
   impractical

3. practicaladjective

   All in all, Jack's a very practical chap

   Antonyms:
   impractical

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. practical

   Synonyms:
   useful, serviceable, skilled, trained

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. practicaladjective

   concerned with actual use or practice

   "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"

   Synonyms:
   hard-nosed, practical(a), pragmatic, hardheaded, virtual(a)

   Antonyms:
   unrealistic, meshuggeneh, theoretical, softheaded, screwball, impractical, crazy, meshuga, meshugga, unwieldy, meshugge, romantic, unfunctional, wild-eyed, quixotic, half-baked, meshuggener

2. hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmaticadjective

   guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

   "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"

   Synonyms:
   practical(a), pragmatical, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, mulish, hard-nosed, virtual(a), pragmatic

   Antonyms:
   meshuggeneh, meshuga, unwieldy, meshugga, screwball, impractical, wild-eyed, unrealistic, theoretical, romantic, unfunctional, softheaded, quixotic, half-baked, crazy, meshuggener, meshugge

3. virtual(a), practical(a)adjective

   being actually such in almost every respect

   "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"

   Antonyms:
   quixotic, crazy, unwieldy, half-baked, meshuga, unrealistic, romantic, softheaded, meshugga, theoretical, meshuggener, screwball, meshugge, meshuggeneh, unfunctional, impractical, wild-eyed

4. practicaladjective

   having or put to a practical purpose or use

   "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"

   Synonyms:
   hard-nosed, practical(a), pragmatic, hardheaded, virtual(a)

   Antonyms:
   softheaded, unwieldy, crazy, quixotic, unfunctional, meshuggeneh, meshugge, meshuggener, romantic, theoretical, unrealistic, meshuga, half-baked, meshugga, impractical, wild-eyed, screwball

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. practicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   adapted to practice or use, not speculative, not theoretical

2. practicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   experienced, versed, proficient, trained, qualified, practised, skilled, thoroughbred, able, AU FAIT

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1. practicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   pragmatical

   Antonyms:
   impractical, utopian, chimerical

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1. List of paraphrases for "practical":

   practices, practice, concrete, pragmatic, actual, practicable, hands-on, specific, tangible, convenient, realistic, real, pratique, process, workable, feasible, operation, action-oriented, viable, handy, circulation, operational

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How to use practical in a sentence?

1. Li Guoyong:

   I have heard of driverless tractors. But I don't think they are practical, especially the really large ones.

2. Pat Toomey:

   I don't know whether logistically it's actually really even possible or practical and I'm not sure it's desirable to attempt to force him out, what a day or two or three prior to the day on which he's going to be finished anyway, so I'm not clear that's the best path forward.

3. Michael Burtov:

   It’s not a more efficient system, it’s just a more practical and applicable system.

4. Matt Meilstrup:

   What we do is... we teach a lot of the practical elements, navigation, the fundamentals of how to combat causalities, how to stay on watches. Really, it’s training our officers to respond to whatever issues they may face in the future.

5. Hannah Arendt:

   The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.