Text: 1 capable of being put to use or account<a practical and simple solution for the townʼs waste disposal><she has some practical information on sight-seeing in San Francisco>Synonymsapplicable, functional, practicable, serviceable, usable, useful, workable, workingRelated Wordsdown-to-earth, pragmatic (also pragmatical), utilitarian; accessible, available, obtainable, reachable; all-around (also all-round), handy; active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, operating, operativeNear Antonymsabstract, academic, theoretical (also theoretic); inaccessible, unattainable, unavailable, unobtainable, unreachable; unsuitableAntonymsimpracticable, impractical, unusable, unworkable, useless 2 willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly<a practical caseworker who doesnʼt spend a lot of time philosophizing while doing social work in the inner city>— see realistic 1

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