practical

1. Concerned with actual use or practice (synset 301840022)
   "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"
   also:

   • concrete - capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
   • possible - capable of happening or existing
   • realistic - aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
   • serviceable - ready for service or able to give long service
   tells us about: practicality - concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
   similar to:

   • applicative, applicatory - readily applicable or practical
   • functional - designed for or adapted to a function or use
   • interoperable - able to exchange and use information
   • matter-of-fact, pragmatic, pragmatical - concerned with practical matters
   • operable, practicable - usable for a specific purpose
   • serviceable - intended or able to serve a purpose without elaboration
   • unimaginative - dealing only with concrete facts
   • working - adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something
2. Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory (synset 301947268)
   "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
   similar to: realistic - aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
   same as: hard-nosed, hardheaded, pragmatic
3. Being actually such in almost every respect (synset 301948431)
   "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
   similar to: realistic - aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
   same as: virtual
4. Having or put to a practical purpose or use (synset 300866742)
   "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"
   similar to: applied - concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles

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