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Meaning of word practical from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

practical   adjective

Meaning : Concerned with actual use or practice.

Example : He is a very practical person.
The idea had no practical application.
A practical knowledge of Japanese.
Woodworking is a practical art.

Not practical. Not workable or not given to practical matters.

Refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense.
He is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work.
An impractical solution.
impractical

Meaning : Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory.

Example : A hardheaded appraisal of our position.
A hard-nosed labor leader.
Completely practical in his approach to business.
Not ideology but pragmatic politics.

Synonyms : hard-nosed, hardheaded, pragmatic

Meaning : Being actually such in almost every respect.

Example : A practical failure.
The once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin.

Synonyms : virtual

Meaning : Having or put to a practical purpose or use.

Example : Practical mathematics.
Practical applications of calculus.