practicality

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

use sense prudence practicability balance benefit efficiency utility effectiveness realism convenience maturity rationality feasibility sanity
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Antonyms

impracticality abracadabra idea approach belief angle
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Hypernyms

utility usefulness

Hyponyms

realism pragmatism functionality sensibleness viability

Phrases with the word

practicality analysis practicality-minded

Examples

My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall - that is my strength, my only strength. Antonio Gramsci

While Hitler ... had an eye for any tactical opportunity [that] was offered him, he still lacked the ability to assess [the] practicality of a plan. Erich von Manstein

Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory. Kenneth Lee Pike

I will never be in the stock market. It's just gambling. I'm a gambler, but I'll gamble on the practicality of things. Jeremy Renner

all the time something within her was crying for a decision. She wanted her life shaped now, immediately - and the decision must be made by some force - of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality - that was close at hand. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Without vision you don't see, and without practicality the bills don't get paid. Paul Engle

Close letter words and terms

practicalise practicalism practicalist practicality analysis practicalization practicalize