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practical |
Grep of noun practical licensed practical nurse practical application practical joke practical joker practical nurse practical politics practicality Overview of adj practical The adj practical has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (22) practical -- (concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art") 2. (2) hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic -- (guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics") 3. virtual, practical -- (being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin") 4. practical -- (having or put to a practical purpose or use "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus") Antonyms of adj practical 4 senses of practical Sense 1 practical (vs. impractical) impractical (vs. practical) => armchair(postnominal) => crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded, meshuga, meshugge => quixotic, romantic, wild-eyed => unfunctional Sense 2 hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic INDIRECT (VIA realistic) -> unrealistic Sense 3 virtual(postnominal), practical(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA realistic) -> unrealistic Sense 4 practical INDIRECT (VIA applied) -> theoretical Similarity of adj practical 4 senses of practical Sense 1 practical (vs. impractical) => applicable, applicative, applicatory => functional => matter-of-fact, pragmatic, pragmatical => operable, practicable => serviceable => unimaginative => useful => working => applied Also See-> concrete#1; possible#1; realistic#1; serviceable#1 Sense 2 hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic => realistic (vs. unrealistic) Sense 3 virtual(postnominal), practical(postnominal) => realistic (vs. unrealistic) Sense 4 practical => applied (vs. theoretical) Attributes of adj practical 1 of 4 senses of practical Sense 1 practical (vs. impractical) => practicality Familiarity of adj practical practical used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj practical impractical practical Overview of adj practical The adj practical has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (22) practical -- (concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art") 2. (2) hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic -- (guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics") 3. virtual, practical -- (being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin") 4. practical -- (having or put to a practical purpose or use "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus")
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