PRACTICALITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("practicality" is a kind of...):

usefulness; utility (the quality of being of practical use)

Attribute:

practical (concerned with actual use or practice)

impractical (not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "practicality"):

functionality (capable of serving a purpose well)

viability (capable of being done in a practical and useful way)

sensibleness (the quality of showing good sense or practical judgment)

pragmatism; realism (the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth)

Antonym:

impracticality (concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use)

Derivation:

practical (concerned with actual use or practice)

practical (guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory)