Synonyms for functional
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Operational — useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function
operational, serviceable, practical, useful, usable, operable
Other
functioning, utilitarian, structural, pragmatic, pure, pyore US, official, functionable
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.
- adj. 2
In good working order.
- n. 1
A function that takes a function as its argument; more precisely, a function whose argument varies in a space of (real- or complex-valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space.
An example of a functional is the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- functionals → functionoids…
Example sentences
- useful Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.
- practical I have no practical reason to learn that language.
- operational When will be the El Hamdania seaport operational?
- serviceable The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
- structural Algeria needs to pursue deep structural reforms.
- functioning Esperanto is undoubtedly a functioning language.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| functional | rising | |
| useful | steady | |
| practical | falling | |
| operational | falling | |
| serviceable | falling | |
| structural | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pure1
- 5 letters
- pyore
- 6 letters
- useful2, usable3
- 7 letters
- working2, running2
- 8 letters
- official3, operable4
- 9 letters
- practical3, operative4, pragmatic3
- 10 letters
- structural3
- 11 letters
- operational5, functioning3, serviceable4, utilitarian6, functionoid
- 12 letters
- functionable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (useful2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fonctionnel
- Italiano
- funzionale