practical
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
concerned with actual use or practice
he is a very practical person
Related & opposite
- concrete also see
- possible also see
- realistic also see
- serviceable also see
- impractical antonym
- practicality attribute
- practice derivation
- practicality derivation
- applicative similar to
- functional similar to
- interoperable similar to
- pragmatic similar to
- practicable similar to
- serviceable similar to
- unimaginative similar to
- working similar to
Sense 2 adjective
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
a hardheaded appraisal of our position
Related & opposite
- practice derivation
- practicality derivation
- realism derivation
- realistic similar to
Sense 3 adjective
having or put to a practical purpose or use
practical mathematics
Related & opposite
- applied similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | concrete |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | possible |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | realistic |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | serviceable |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | impractical |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | practicality |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | practice |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | practicality |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | applicative |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | functional |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | interoperable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | pragmatic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | practicable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | serviceable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unimaginative |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | working |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | practice |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | practicality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | realism |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | realistic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | applied |