practicable
practicable
adjectiveDefinition of PRACTICABLE
1
capable of being done or carried out <a solution that is not practicable in the time available to us>
Related Words practical, reasonable, sensible; contingent, likely, probable; acceptable, believable, conceivable, creditable, plausible, thinkable; actionable, available, usable (also useable)
Near Antonyms impractical, unrealistic; doubtful, dubious, far-fetched, improbable, unlikely; implausible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable; futile, useless, vain; absurd, fantastic (also fantastical), outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous; unthinkable
Antonyms hopeless, impossible, impracticable, infeasible, nonviable, unattainable, undoable, unfeasible, unrealizable, unviable, unworkable
2
capable of being put to use or account <a practicable knowledge of carpentry that came in handy when he volunteered to build houses for underprivileged families>
Synonyms actionable, applicable, applicative, applied, functional, practicable, serviceable, ultrapractical, usable (also useable), useful, workable, working
Related Words down-to-earth, pragmatic (also pragmatical), utilitarian; banausic, mundane; accessible, available, obtainable, reachable; all-around (also all-round), handy; active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, operating, operative
Near Antonyms abstract, academic (also academical), armchair, theoretical (also theoretic); inaccessible, unattainable, unavailable, unobtainable, unreachable; unsuitable
3
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose <that flimsy little saw is not a very practicable tool for cutting heavy tree branches>
Synonyms available, employable, exploitable, fit, functional, operable, practicable, serviceable, useful
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