Synonyms for Practical:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • practical.
  •applied (adjective)
  • applied,
  • practiced,
  • employed,
  • Served,
  • Operated,
  • utilitarian,
  • used,
  • Exerted,
  • Exercised,
  • utilized,
  • conducted,
  • functioned.
  •brass-tacks (adjective)
  • to point,
  • brasstacks.
  •businesslike (adjective)
  • well-ordered,
  • disciplined,
  • workaday.
  •calm (adjective)
  • level-headed.
  •common-sense (adjective)
  • most hard-headed,
  • more hard headed,
  • shrewdest,
  • most hard headed,
  • more hard-headed,
  • hard headed.
  •commonsensical (adjective)
  • more commonsensible,
  • commonsensible,
  • most commonsensible.
  •constructive (adjective)
  • most valuable.
  •cost-effective (adjective)
  • cost effective,
  • costeffective.
  •earthly (adjective)
  • imaginable.
  •economical (adjective)
  • penurious,
  • provident,
  • penny-wise,
  • pennywise,
  • niggardly,
  • curmudgeonly,
  • cost-effective,
  • prudential,
  • pennypinching,
  • on the rims,
  • timesaving,
  • money-saving,
  • unwasteful,
  • work-saving,
  • meager.
  •effective (adjective)
  • powerhouse,
  • virtuous,
  • forcible,
  • having lead in pencil,
  • most telling,
  • playing hardball,
  • potent.
  •existing in reality (adjective)
  • real-life.
  •expedient (adjective)
  • wisest,
  • tactical,
  • most desirable,
  • stopgap.
  •experienced (adjective)
  • Sporter,
  • having on the ball,
  • most well-versed,
  • pro,
  • having on ball,
  • well versed,
  • most wellversed,
  • having something on ball,
  • in know,
  • most well versed,
  • knowing score,
  • having the ball,
  • having something on the ball,
  • sportest,
  • the right stuff,
  • knowing stuff,
  • wellversed,
  • having something ball,
  • more dynamite,
  • more well versed,
  • knowing ones stuff,
  • vetest,
  • more wellversed,
  • more well-versed,
  • having something the ball,
  • knowing one stuff,
  • Worldlywise,
  • most dynamite.
  •experienced, proficient (adjective)
  • veteran,
  • seasoned,
  • cosmopolitan,
  • worldly-wise,
  • skilled,
  • trained,
  • qualified.
  •feasible (adjective)
  • most realizable,
  • breezer,
  • more realizable,
  • piece of cake,
  • piece cake,
  • most pushover,
  • more performable,
  • pushover,
  • more pushover,
  • piest,
  • breezest,
  • most performable,
  • cinchest,
  • snappest.
  •functional (adjective)
  • most utility,
  • more utile,
  • utile,
  • most utile,
  • more utility.
  •handy (adjective)
  • wieldier,
  • manageable,
  • wieldiest.
  •hard (adjective)
  • harder.
  •hard-nosed/hardheaded (adjective)
  • un yielding,
  • more hard nosed,
  • more tough nut,
  • more unsentimental,
  • re-solute,
  • most tough nut,
  • headstrong,
  • more tough-nut,
  • most unsentimental,
  • un-sentimental,
  • in-tractable,
  • re solute,
  • un-yielding,
  • most toughnut,
  • hard boiled,
  • un sentimental,
  • most tough-nut,
  • most hardheaded,
  • hard nosed,
  • more toughnut,
  • head strong,
  • toughnut,
  • in tractable.
  •helpful (adjective)
  • most symbiotic,
  • more bettering,
  • co operative,
  • most bettering,
  • most serendipitous,
  • in valuable,
  • more supportive,
  • most caring,
  • more caring,
  • helpful,
  • more serendipitous,
  • in-valuable,
  • more symbiotic.
  •implicit (adjective)
  • in evitable,
  • in-evitable,
  • un-reserved,
  • implied,
  • in-articulate,
  • under-stood,
  • un-said,
  • more implicative,
  • most unquestioned,
  • un-questioned,
  • un questioned,
  • most implicative,
  • more unquestioned,
  • un-shakable,
  • un-spoken,
  • un said,
  • un declared,
  • more contained,
  • un shakable,
  • un spoken,
  • un qualified,
  • under stood,
  • un-expressed,
  • un-declared,
  • most contained,
  • un expressed,
  • in articulate,
  • un-qualified.
  •in essence (adjective)
  • virtual.
  •inferred (adjective)
  • more wordless,
  • most wordless.
  •level-headed (adjective)
  • level headed.
  •levelheaded (adjective)
  • in one's right mind,
  • with all marbles,
  • levelheaded,
  • cool as cucumber,
  • coolheaded,
  • all there,
  • far-sighted.
  •matter-of-fact (adjective)
  • un-imaginative,
  • most unidealistic,
  • more unimpassioned,
  • cold blooded,
  • most unimpassioned,
  • prosier,
  • un-idealistic,
  • matter-of-fact,
  • un affected,
  • un-impassioned,
  • stoic,
  • more unidealistic,
  • prosy,
  • un idealistic,
  • un impassioned,
  • prosiest,
  • un imaginative.
  •no-nonsense (adjective)
  • no nonsense,
  • nononsense.
  •operational (adjective)
  • in working order,
  • in service.
  •positive (adjective)
  • positive,
  • forward-looking.
  •practicable (adjective)
  • doablest,
  • doabler.
  •pragmatical (adjective)
  • tough minded,
  • toughminded.
  •profitable (adjective)
  • well paying,
  • more well paying,
  • more well-paying,
  • most self sustaining,
  • re-warding,
  • most selfsustaining,
  • in black,
  • more wellpaying,
  • most wellpaying,
  • wellpaying,
  • more sustaining,
  • re warding,
  • most sustaining,
  • most well-paying,
  • more paying,
  • selfsustaining,
  • most well paying,
  • most self-sustaining,
  • more self sustaining,
  • most paying,
  • more self-sustaining,
  • self sustaining,
  • more selfsustaining.
  •prosaic (adjective)
  • more ho-hum,
  • most nothing,
  • more uninspiring,
  • more ho hum,
  • more hohum,
  • gardenvariety,
  • most hohum,
  • more nowhere,
  • un inspiring,
  • most ho-hum,
  • yawnest,
  • un-eventful,
  • un-exceptional,
  • more pabulum,
  • most zero,
  • most uninspiring,
  • most pabulum,
  • most lusterless,
  • un exceptional,
  • more zero,
  • diddlier,
  • more lusterless,
  • most ho hum,
  • un-inspiring,
  • more nothing,
  • most nowhere,
  • yawner,
  • diddliest,
  • prosest,
  • un eventful.
  •realistic (adjective)
  • un-fantastic,
  • un fantastic,
  • more unfantastic,
  • most unfantastic.
  •realistic, useful (adjective)
  • in action,
  • both feet on the ground,
  • hard-boiled,
  • systematic,
  • in operation,
  • orderly,
  • experimental,
  • factual.
  •reasonable (adjective)
  • common-sense.
  •sensible (adjective)
  • most witting,
  • having all one marbles,
  • more well thought out,
  • dis-criminating,
  • more well-reasoned,
  • most well reasoned,
  • most well-thought-out,
  • wellreasoned,
  • more well-thought-out,
  • well reasoned,
  • more well reasoned,
  • having ones marbles,
  • dis criminating,
  • having all ones marbles,
  • most well thought out,
  • having marbles,
  • most well-reasoned,
  • having one's marbles,
  • more witting,
  • most wellreasoned,
  • having one marbles,
  • more wellreasoned.
  •serviceable (adjective)
  • more hard wearing,
  • hard wearing,
  • more hardwearing,
  • most hard-wearing,
  • most assistive,
  • more assistive,
  • more aiding,
  • most hard wearing,
  • most aiding,
  • most hardwearing,
  • more hard-wearing.
  •skillful (adjective)
  • tuned in,
  • there,
  • wised up,
  • really into,
  • a hand at.
  •sober (adjective)
  • unexcited,
  • forgoing,
  • low key.
  •sophisticated (adjective)
  • up-town,
  • dis illusioned,
  • more streetwise,
  • most streetwise,
  • more jet set,
  • dis-illusioned,
  • co-uther,
  • couther,
  • most schooled,
  • well bred,
  • more jetset,
  • world weary,
  • re fined,
  • more mondaine,
  • worldweary,
  • more citified,
  • most mondaine,
  • most citified,
  • co uther,
  • more world weary,
  • more schooled,
  • more world-weary,
  • most uptown,
  • most jet set,
  • more worldweary,
  • most world weary,
  • wellbred,
  • most world-weary,
  • dis enchanted,
  • on to,
  • dis-enchanted,
  • most worldweary,
  • up town,
  • most jet-set,
  • more jet-set,
  • JETSET,
  • couthest,
  • most jetset,
  • more uptown,
  • laidback.
  •stopgap (adjective)
  • throwaway,
  • band aid,
  • temp,
  • rough and tumble.
  •thinkable (adjective)
  • within realm of possibility,
  • supposable,
  • cogitable,
  • within the limits,
  • within limits,
  • comprehendible.
  •true-life (adjective)
  • true life,
  • truelife.
  •undoubting (adjective)
  • un-doubting,
  • un doubting,
  • undoubting,
  • un-faltering,
  • un faltering,
  • un-conditional,
  • un conditional.
  •unhesitating (adjective)
  • un hesitating,
  • un-hesitating.
  •unromantic (adjective)
  • un romantic,
  • un-romantic.
  •usable (adjective)
  • most consumable,
  • more consumable,
  • un-used.
  •useful (adjective)
  • most purposive,
  • more all-purpose,
  • all purpose,
  • most all purpose,
  • most allpurpose,
  • allpurpose,
  • most toward,
  • most all-purpose,
  • more allpurpose,
  • of service,
  • more purposive,
  • more all purpose,
  • more toward.
  •user-friendly (adjective)
  • un troublesome,
  • easily operated,
  • more untroublesome,
  • easy to understand,
  • un-complicated,
  • un complicated,
  • easy understand,
  • untroublesome,
  • easy use,
  • un-troublesome,
  • easy to use,
  • most untroublesome,
  • user friendly,
  • userfriendly.
  •utilizable (adjective)
  • appropriate,
  • at hand,
  • convenient,
  • fitting,
  • commodious,
  • beneficial,
  • available,
  • effectual,
  • suitable,
  • reusable,
  • employable,
  • multipurpose,
  • instrumental,
  • versatile,
  • advantageous.
  •versed (adjective)
  • well informed,
  • more up,
  • well-informed,
  • wellinformed,
  • most abreast,
  • most up,
  • more abreast.
  •veteran (adjective)
  • battle-scarred,
  • long-time,
  • longtime,
  • wise to ways,
  • of the old school,
  • up to speed,
  • long time,
  • long-serving,
  • from way back,
  • knows one's stuff.
  •virtual (adjective)
  • in all but name,
  • in conduct,
  • in practice,
  • unacknowledged.
  •well-balanced (adjective)
  • wellbalanced,
  • well balanced.
  •working (adjective)
  • on the job,
  • in gear,
  • in force,
  • on track,
  • in process,
  • in a job,
  • in full swing.
  •worldly (adjective)
  • more power loving,
  • more sublunary,
  • more power-loving,
  • most power loving,
  • most opportunistic,
  • un godly,
  • most sublunary,
  • pro fane,
  • most powerloving,
  • more powerloving,
  • un principled,
  • pro-fane,
  • un-principled,
  • power loving,
  • selfcentered,
  • materialistic,
  • more opportunistic,
  • un godlier,
  • self centered,
  • un-godlier,
  • powerloving,
  • un-godliest,
  • most power-loving,
  • un godliest,
  • un-godly.

• adv.

  •a posteriori (adverb)
  • most inducible,
  • most inductive,
  • more inductive,
  • more inducible,
  • from latter.

• adv

  •a posteriori (adverb)
  • Inducible,
  • inductive,
  • from the latter.

• n.

  •
  • good,
  • capable,
  • able,
  • transliterate,
  • expert,
  • gifted,
  • accomplished.
  •
  • real world,
  • true,
  • genuine,
  • physical,
  • knowledge,
  • kosher,
  • apparent,
  • authentic.
  •
  • suited,
  • well-chosen,
  • excite,
  • proper,
  • objective,
  • perfect,
  • apt,
  • down-to-earth.
  •
  • show,
  • be,
  • Grounded.
  •
  • high-powered.
  •applicable (noun)
  • applicable.
  •applicative (noun)
  • applicative.
  •applicatory (noun)
  • applicatory.
  •common-sense (noun)
  • common sense.
  •functional (noun)
  • functional.
  •habit (noun)
  • praxis.
  •hard-nosed (noun)
  • hard-nosed.
  •hardheaded (noun)
  • hardheaded.
  •interoperable (noun)
  • interoperable.
  •matter of fact (noun)
  • with both feet on the ground,
  • possible,
  • nuts and bolts,
  • sound-thinking,
  • reasonable.
  •operable (noun)
  • operable.
  •practical (noun)
  • unimaginative.
  •praxis (noun)
  • practicals.

• v.

  •aiding (verb)
  • helping.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • on-stream,
  • coherent,
  • well-run,
  • philosophical,
  • imperturbable,
  • justifiable,
  • cogent,
  • sane,
  • collected,
  • unflappable,
  • well-oiled,
  • dreamy,
  • tough-minded,
  • pragmatist,
  • well-balanced,
  • responsibly,
  • proven,
  • nifty,
  • enlightened,
  • rationally,
  • logical,
  • efficient,
  • discriminating,
  • functionally,
  • poised,
  • rational,
  • proactive,
  • usefully,
  • moderation,
  • practically,
  • yankee,
  • reality check,
  • well-advised,
  • Cool-headed,
  • good-tempered,
  • centred,
  • centered,
  • square with,
  • Clear-headed,
  • earthbound,
  • worthwhile,
  • invaluable,
  • even-tempered,
  • efficacious,
  • sensibly,
  • expeditious,
  • steady,
  • time-saving,
  • healthy,
  • dependable,
  • well-worn,
  • politic,
  • advisable.
  •
  • tailored,
  • commercial,
  • practicality,
  • coherence,
  • prosaic,
  • realist,
  • rightly,
  • online,
  • purposeful,
  • valuable,
  • operative,
  • meaningful,
  • balanced,
  • effectively,
  • realistically,
  • general-purpose,
  • reason,
  • ideal,
  • realism,
  • sanity,
  • handily,
  • real.
  •
  • moderate,
  • solid,
  • sweetly,
  • fruitful,
  • powerful,
  • tailor-made,
  • responsible,
  • priceless,
  • adult.
  •
  • deadly,
  • concrete,
  • mature.
  •
  • sense,
  • robust,
  • worth.
  •
  • open.
  •
  • smooth.
  •
  • strong.
  •experiential
  • empirical.
  •well-advised
  • judicious.

Paraphrases for Practical:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    concrete.
  • Proper noun, singular
    concrete.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    concrete.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    impractical.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    workable, feasible, action-oriented, practices, empirical, factual, viable, matter-of-fact, practice-oriented, down-to-earth, real-life, real-world, meaningful, precise, utilitarian, businesslike, implementable, experiential, practised, actual, definite, achievable, expedient, actionable, applicable, practicable, experimental, programmatic, convenient, practice-based, virtually, working-level, efficient, practically, Business-like, unrealistic, positive, on-the-job, possible, technical, true, attainable, specific, realizable, doable, solid, results-oriented.
  • Proper noun, singular
    techniques, methods, skills, exhibits, Les, goes, actual, convenient, specific.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    practicable, convenient, specific.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    tangible, practice, real.
  • Proper noun, singular
    practice, practices, real.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    practice, practices.

Antonyms for Practical:

• adj.

  • all
    impractical.
  • experienced, proficient
    ineffective, impotent, weak.
  • realistic, useful
    worthless, unrealistic, unlikely, unattainable, unseasoned, incapable, unworkable, inexperienced, unserviceable, unproficient, impossible, unfeasible, excited, unskilled, untrained, inefficient, unsound.
  • Other antonyms:
    utopian, unsuspicious, half-baked, unsuitable, unreasonable, inaccessible, unreachable, illogical, sentimental, trustful, imaginative, quixotic, abstract, unobtainable, insane, armchair, inapplicable, irrational, optimistic, unavailable, blue sky, fanciful, fantastic, cheerful, trusting, nonpractical, useless, rose-colored, visionary.