Synonyms of the word

practical

• n. (Britain) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical…
• adj. Based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
• adj. Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
• adj. Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.

applicable

• adj. suitable for application, relevant.

applicative

• adj. Having practical application; applicable.
• adj. (computing) Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at…

applicatory

• adj. able to be applied or used, practical.

applied

• adj. put into practical use.
• adj. of a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of apply.

concrete

• adj. Particular, perceivable, real.
• adj. Not abstract.
• adj. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.
• adj. (noun modifier; not comparable) Made of concrete, a building material.
• n. A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate including gravel and sand.
• n. A solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles.
• n. (US) A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
• n. (logic) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
• n. Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
• v. (transitive) To cover with or encase in concrete; often constructed as concrete over.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To solidify; to change from being abstract to being concrete.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To solidify; to go from being abstract to being concrete.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.

functional

• adj. In good working order.
• adj. Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
• adj. Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture.
• adj. (computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
• adj. (medicine) Of a disease, such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change…
• n. (mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function y=f(x) whose…
• n. (mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
• n. (computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).

hard-nosed

• adj. guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory.
• adj. (idiomatic) hardheaded, stubborn.

hardheaded

• adj. Stubborn; wilful.
• adj. Realistic; pragmatic.

interoperable

• adj. (computing) (of a system or device) Able to communicate, and exchange data with another system or device.

matter-of-fact

• adj. of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic.
• adj. lacking emotion or colour.

operable

• adj. Able to be operated or used.
• adj. Able to be put into operation; practicable.
• adj. Able to be treated by surgery.

possible

• adj. (usually not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.
• adj. (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
• adj. Being considered, e.g. for a position.
• adj. Apparently valid, likely, plausible.
• n. A possible one.
• n. (colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position.
• n. (rare) A particular event that may happen.

practicable

• adj. Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
• adj. Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.
• adj. Available for use; accessible or employable.

pragmatic

• adj. Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
• adj. philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances;…

pragmatical

• adj. pragmatic; practical; businesslike.
• adj. (law) Relating to affairs of state.
• adj. (obsolete) officious; fussy; meddlesome.

realistic

• adj. Expressed or represented as being accurate.
• adj. Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.

serviceable

• adj. Easy to service.
• adj. Repairable instead of disposable.
• adj. In condition for use.

unimaginative

• adj. Not imaginative.

virtual

• adj. In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated.
• adj. Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or measurable part;…
• adj. Nearly, almost. (A relatively recent corruption of meaning, attributed to misuse in advertising and media…
• adj. Simulated in a computer or online.
• adj. Operating by computer or in cyberspace; not physically present.
• adj. (computing, object-oriented programming, of a class member) Capable of being overridden with a different…
• adj. (physics) Pertaining to particles in temporary existence due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
• n. (computing, programming) A virtual member function of a class.

working

• n. (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
• n. Method of operation.
• n. Fermentation.
• n. (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
• v. present participle of work.
• adj. That is or are functioning.
• adj. That suffices but requires additional work.
• adj. In paid employment.
• adj. Of or relating to employment.
• adj. Enough to allow one to use something.