practical
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practical |
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achievable, actable, adaptable, advantageous, appliable, applicable,
applied, appropriate, attainable,
balanced, banausic, beneficial,
breadwinning, businesslike, commercial, commodious, commonsense, compassable, compliant, constructive, convenient, cool, coolheaded, doable, down-to-earth, ductile, earthy, effective, effectual,
efficacious, efficient, empirical, employable, everyday, expedient, exploitable, feasible, field, fitting, flexible, foolproof, functional,
go, good for, handy, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, hard,
hardheaded, helpful, hoaxproof,
judicious, levelheaded, logical, malleable, manageable, maneuverable, manipulable, manipulatable, materialistic, matter-of-fact, moneymaking,
mundane, negotiable, not born
yesterday, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, old-time, old, operable, operatable, operational, operative, ordinary, overcomable, performable, personal, philosophical, pliable, pliant, positivistic, practicable, practical-minded, practiced, pragmatic, pragmatical,
proper, prosaic, rational, realist, realistic, realizable, reasonable, reusable, sane, scientific, scientistic, seasoned, secular, sensible, serviceable, skilled, sober-minded, sober, sophisticated, sound-thinking, sound, straight-thinking, superable, surmountable, tough-minded, tractable, uncullible, undeceivable, undeludable, undupable, unfoolable, ungullible, unhoaxable,
unideal, unidealistic, unromantic,
unseduceable, unsentimental, untroublesome, usable, useable, useful, utilitarian, utilizable, versed, vet,
veteran, viable, virtual, well-balanced, wieldable, wieldy, wise, workable, workaday, workday, working, worldly, yielding
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for all practical purposes |
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all in all, almost entirely, approximately, approximatively, by and large, chiefly, effectually, essentially, for practical purposes, generally, generally speaking, in round
numbers, in the main, mainly, more or less, mostly, on balance, on the whole, practically, roughly, roughly speaking, roundly, say, substantially, virtually
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practical joker |
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Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, actor, bad boy, bamboozler, befuddler, beguiler, booger, buffoon, bugger, charmer,
counterfeiter, cutup, deceiver, deluder, devil, dissembler, dissimulator, dodger, double-dealer, duper, elf, enchanter, enfant terrible, entrancer, faker, fooler, forger, funmaker, gay deceiver, hoaxer, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hypnotizer, imp, jilt, jilter, joker, jokester, kidder, knave, leg-puller, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, mesmerizer,
minx, mischief-maker, mischief, misleader, pixie, plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor, prankster, puck, ragger, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, role-player, rowdy, ruffian,
scamp, scapegrace, seducer, spoofer, tease, teaser, wag
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Main entries similar to: practical
adaptable, advantageous, advisable, applicable, appropriate,
attainable, balanced, beneficial, breadwinning, businesslike,
commercial, commodious, compliant, constructive, convenient, cool, down-to-earth, ductile, earthy, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, empirical, employable, expedient, experienced, exploitable, feasible, fitting, flexible, foolproof, functional, go, good for, handy, hard, hardheaded, helpful, implicit, levelheaded, logical, malleable, manageable, maneuverable, materialistic, moneymaking, negotiable, old, operable, operational, operative, performable, philosophical, pliable, pliant, positive, positivistic, possible, practicable, practiced, pragmatic, pragmatical, proper, prosaic, rational, realist, realistic, realizable, reasonable, sane, scientific, seasoned, secular, sensible, serviceable, skilled, sober, sophisticated, sound, surmountable, think, tractable, unidealistic, unromantic, unsentimental, useful, utilitarian, vet, veteran, viable, virtual, well-balanced, wieldy, wise, workable, workaday, working, worldly, yielding
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