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. Richard Feynman:

   Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.

2. Penny Chen:

   Our boss told the women to meet outside, but it was a practical joke; the men had already left before with the bus to the restaurant.

3. Alexander Graham Bell:

   The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion... It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider - and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation - persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.

4. Yang Yujun:

   Over the past few years both countries' friendly cooperative relationship has kept on developing, and in all areas there is practical cooperation, what needs to be explained is, maintaining regional peace and stability accords with all countries' interests, and is the joint desire of China, Djibouti and all other countries in the world.

5. De Blasio:

   What he is doing is creating an international voice of conscience that I can't think of any previous parallel for, he is reminding us of what's possible. You never see him saying 'Well this would be a good thing to do if only it was practical.' He is literally saying to us we have to reset our assumption and think more deeply and more morally about our actions because our current sense of practicality is digging our graves.