DICTOMETER

PRACTICAL

(practical, practico, práctico, bekvem, fingernem, passende, praktisk)

1. Synonyms:
   • Practical
   Definitions:
   • concerned with actual use or practice
   Examples:
   • He is a very practical person
   • The idea had no practical application
   • A practical knowledge of Japanese
   • Woodworking is a practical art
   Antonyms:
   • IMPRACTICAL
   • crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded
   • meshugge, meshugga, meshuga, meshuggeneh, meshuggener
   • quixotic, romantic, wild-eyed
   • unfunctional
   • unwieldy
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Hardheaded
   • Hard-nosed
   • Practical
   • Pragmatic
   Definitions:
   • guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
   Examples:
   • A hardheaded appraisal of our position
   • A hard-nosed labor leader
   • Completely practical in his approach to business
   • Not ideology but pragmatic politics
   Antonyms:
   • Unrealistic
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Virtual
   • Practical
   Definitions:
   • being actually such in almost every respect
   Examples:
   • A practical failure
   • The once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin
   Antonyms:
   • Unrealistic
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Practical
   Definitions:
   • having or put to a practical purpose or use
   Examples:
   • Practical mathematics
   • Practical applications of calculus
   Antonyms:
   • Theoretical