practical

• "he is a very practical person"
• "the idea had no practical application"
• "a practical knowledge of Japanese"
• "woodworking is a practical art"

• "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"
• "a hard-nosed labor leader"
• "completely practical in his approach to business"
• "not ideology but pragmatic politics"

Synonyms

• hardheadedunreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack ; guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
• hard-nosedguided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
• pragmatican imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land ; concerned with practical matters; of or concerning the theory of pragmatism ; guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

• "a practical failure"
• "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"

Synonyms

• virtual(a)
• practical(a)

• "practical mathematics"
• "practical applications of calculus"