adjadj.allconcerned with actual use or practiceAttributes:practicality
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
Derivationally Related Form:practicepracticality
Inherited Hypernyms:practical
Similar to:applicative applicatory functional interoperable matter-of-fact pragmatic pragmatical operable practicable serviceable unimaginative working
See also:concrete possible realistic serviceable
adj satadj.allguided by practical experience and observation rather than theorySynset:hard-nosed hardheaded pragmatic
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
Derivationally Related Form:pragmatismpracticepracticality
Inherited Hypernyms:hardheaded
Similar to:realistic
adj satadj.allbeing actually such in almost every respectSynset:virtual
Examples:- a practical failure
- the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin
Antonyms:unrealistic
Inherited Hypernyms:virtual
Similar to:realistic
adj satadj.allhaving or put to a practical purpose or useExamples:- practical mathematics
- practical applications of calculus
Antonyms:theoretical
Inherited Hypernyms:practical
Similar to:applied