Practical

//ˈpɹæktɪkəl//

Synonyms for "practical" (165 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Strong matches (50)

Adjective(2 words)
hard-nosedhardheaded
Adjective(1 words)
nontheoretical

Related words (82)

Adjective(2 words)
pragmaticvirtual

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Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

5 entries

derived

24 entries

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derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

33 entries

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similar

26 entries

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Translations

95 translations across 36 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • prakties adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • prakties adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • prakties adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)

Arabic

2 entries
  • تَطْبِيقِيّ adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • عَمَلِيّ adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

Armenian

4 entries
  • գործիմաց adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)
  • գործնական adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • գործնական adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • պրակտիկ adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • използваем adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • практичен adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • практичен adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)
  • целесъобразен adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

Catalan

1 entries
  • pràctic adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 使用的 adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

Czech

2 entries
  • praktický adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • praktický adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)

Dutch

3 entries
  • praktisch adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • praktisch adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • praktisch adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • praktika adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Finnish

4 entries
  • käytännöllinen adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • käytännöllinen adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)
  • käytännön adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • käytännönläheinen adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

French

1 entries
  • pratique adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Galician

1 entries
  • práctico adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Georgian

1 entries
  • პრაქტიკული adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

German

4 entries
  • praktisch adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • praktisch adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • praktisch adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)
  • Praktikum noun (a part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability)

Greek

4 entries
  • πρακτικός adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • πρακτικός adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • πρακτικός adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)
  • χρήσιμος adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • בר־ישום adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • ישים adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • מעשי adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Hindi

4 entries
  • क्रियात्मक adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • प्रायोगिक adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • प्रायोगिक adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • व्यवहारिक adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • célszerű adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • gyakorlati adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • gyakorlatias adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)
  • hasznos adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • praktis adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • praktikum noun (a part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability)

Italian

4 entries
  • concreto adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • funzionale adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)
  • pratico adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • reale adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 実務経験のある adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)
  • 実用的な adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • 実践的な adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • 経験豊かな adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)

Korean

2 entries
  • 실질적인 adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • 현실적인 adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • praktisk adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • praktisk adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)

Persian

1 entries
  • پراتیک adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Polish

2 entries
  • praktyczny adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • praktyczny adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • prático adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Romanian

1 entries
  • practic adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Russian

3 entries
  • практи́ческий adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • практи́ческий adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • практи́чный adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)

Spanish

1 entries
  • práctico adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Swedish

3 entries
  • praktisk adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • praktisk adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • praktisk adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • maisasagawa adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • maisasagawa adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)
  • panggamitin adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • практи́чний adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • практи́чний adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)

Volapük

1 entries
  • plagik adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Welsh

4 entries
  • dichonadwy adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • ymarferol adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
  • ymarferol adj (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation)
  • ymarferol adj (having skills or knowledge that are practical)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּראַקטיש adj (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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It's practical to have a laptop.

Source: tatoeba (1887)

Your suggestion is of no practical use.

Source: tatoeba (16975)

As a rule, the more fundamental a new truth, the greater will be its practical possibilities.

Source: tatoeba (21822)

You will be disliked by girls if you play practical jokes on them.

Source: tatoeba (28600)

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