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Practical

Practical Meaning & Definition
Practical Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Practical?

[adj] having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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 | Synonyms for Practical: applicable | applicative | applicatory | applied | functional | hardheaded | hard-nosed | interoperable | matter-of-fact | operable | practicable | pragmatic | pragmatical | serviceable | unimaginative | useful | working

Related Terms | Find terms related to Practical: achievable | actable | adaptable | advantageous | appliable | applicable | applied | appropriate | attainable | balanced | banausic | beneficial | breadwinning | businesslike | commercial | commodious | commonsense | compassable | compliant | constructive | convenient | cool | coolheaded | doable | down-to-earth | ductile | earthy | effective | effectual | efficacious | efficient | empirical | employable | everyday | expedient | exploitable | feasible | field | fitting | flexible | foolproof | functional | go | good for | handy | hard | hard-boiled | hardheaded | hard-nosed | helpful | hoaxproof | judicious | levelheaded | logical | malleable | manageable | maneuverable | manipulable | manipulatable | materialistic | matter-of-fact | moneymaking | mundane | negotiable | not born yesterday | of general utility | of help | of service | of use | old | old-time | operable | operatable | operational | operative | ordinary | overcomable | performable | personal | philosophical | pliable | pliant | positivistic | practicable | practical-minded | practiced | pragmatic | pragmatical | proper | prosaic | rational | realist | realistic | realizable | reasonable | reusable | sane | scientific | scientistic | seasoned | secular | sensible | serviceable | skilled | sober | sober-minded | sophisticated | sound | sound-thinking | straight-thinking | superable | surmountable | tough-minded | tractable | uncullible | undeceivable | undeludable | undupable | unfoolable | ungullible | unhoaxable | unideal | unidealistic | unromantic | unseduceable | unsentimental | untroublesome | usable | useable | useful | utilitarian | utilizable | versed | vet | veteran | viable | virtual | well-balanced | wieldable | wieldy | wise | workable | workaday | workday | working | worldly | yielding

See Also | concrete | possible | realistic

Practical In Webster's Dictionary

\Prac"ti*cal\, a. [L. practicus active, Gr. ? fit for doing or performing, practical, active, fr. ? to do, work, effect: cf. F. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf. {Pragmatic}, {Practice}.] 1. Of or pertaining to practice or action. 2. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from {ideal} or {theoretical}; as, practical chemistry. ``Man's practical understanding.'' --South. ``For all practical purposes.'' --Macaulay. 3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind. 4. Derived from practice; as, practical skill. {Practical joke}, a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of which consists in something done, in distinction from something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.

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