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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | working |
| Synonyms: | handy, occupational, operative, practicable, practical, serviceable, useful, utile, utilitarian, utility |
| Antonyms: | broken, idle, malfunctioning, unfunctional |
| Main Entry: | operative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, functioning; influential |
| Synonyms: | accessible, alive, crucial, current, dynamic, effective, efficient, employable, functional, important, in force, in operation, indicative, key, live, open, operational, practicable, relevant, running, serviceable, significant, standing, usable, workable, working |
| Antonyms: | inactive, ineffective, ineffectual, inoperative, unfunctional, unworking, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | practicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within the realm of possibility |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, applicable, attainable, doable, employable, feasible, functional, handy, open, operative, performable, possible, practical, serviceable, usable, useful, utile, utilizable, viable, workable |
| Notes: | practical applies when what is in question is the conduct of affairs, whereas pragmatic applies when the question is the planning with respect to these affairs; practical is anything that can be done and is worth doing, while practicable is anything that can be done - worthwhile or not |
| Antonyms: | impossible, impracticable, unattainable, unreasonable, unworkable |
| Main Entry: | practical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic, useful |
| Synonyms: | applied, both feet on the ground, businesslike, commonsensical, constructive, doable, down-to-earth, efficient, empirical, experimental, factual, feasible, functional, handy, hard-boiled, implicit, in action, in operation, matter-of-fact, nuts and bolts, operative, orderly, possible, practicable, pragmatic, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, serviceable, sober, solid, sound, systematic, unidealistic, unromantic, usable, utile, utilitarian, virtual, workable, workaday, working |
| Notes: | practical applies when what is in question is the conduct of affairs, whereas pragmatic applies when the question is the planning with respect to these affairs; practical is anything that can be done and is worth doing, while practicable is anything that can be done - worthwhile or not |
| Antonyms: | impossible, impractical, unfeasible, unrealistic, unserviceable, unworkable, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | usable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | available, working |
| Synonyms: | accessible, adaptable, advantageous, applicable, at disposal, at hand, beneficial, consumable, convenient, current, employable, exhaustible, expendable, exploitable, fit, functional, good, helpful, in order, instrumental, open, operative, practicable, practical, profitable, ready, running, serviceable, subservient, unused, useful, utile, utilizable, valid, valuable, wieldy |
| Notes: | usable or useable means that something can be used; useful means that something is helpful or beneficial and can be used to advantage |
| Antonyms: | unusable, useless |
| Main Entry: | useful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial, valuable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, all-purpose, applied, appropriate, brave, commodious, convenient, effective, favorable, fit, fruitful, functional, good, handy, helpful, instrumental, meet, of assistance, of service, of use, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, propitious, purposive, salutary, serviceable, subsidiary, suitable, suited, toward, utile |
| Notes: | usable or useable means that something can be used; useful means that something is helpful or beneficial and can be used to advantage |
| Antonyms: | unusable, unvaluable, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | utilitarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical |
| Synonyms: | commonsensical, down-to-earth, effective, efficient, functional, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, nuts and bolts, pragmatic, pragmatical, realistic, sensible, serviceable, unidealistic, unromantic, useful |
| Antonyms: | impractical, unnecessary |
| Main Entry: | versatile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjustable, flexible |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adaptable, adroit, all-around, all-purpose, ambidextrous, conversant, dexterous, elastic, facile, functional, gifted, handy, ingenuous, many-sided, mobile, multifaceted, plastic, pliable, protean, puttylike, ready, resourceful, skilled, skillful, talented, variable, varied |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, limited, unadjustable |
| Main Entry: | workable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feasible |
| Synonyms: | applicable, breeze*, cinch*, doable, duck soup, easy, easy as pie, exploitable, functional, no sweat, piece of cake, possible, practicable, practical, simple as ABC, snap, usable, useful, viable, working |
| Antonyms: | impractical, unfeasible, unworkable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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