Practical meaning

What does “practical” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“practical” is an adjective with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: concerned with actual use or practice.

practical

concerned with actual use or practice
“he is a very practical person”
“the idea had no practical application”
Oppositesimpractical
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
“a hardheaded appraisal of our position”
“a hard-nosed labor leader”
Synonymshardheaded hard-nosed pragmatic
being actually such in almost every respect
“a practical failure”
“the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin”
Synonymsvirtual
having or put to a practical purpose or use
“practical mathematics”
“practical applications of calculus”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University