Synonyms for practicable
- adjective
Most common
feasible achievable workable attainable practical usable operable performable
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Feasible — capable of being accomplished; feasible
feasible, possible, workable, achievable, attainable, viable, implementable, manageable, tractable, executable, effectible dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
Related words
- Word family
- practicability practicableness practicably practical
- Other spellings
- practiceable
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A thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want of the means requisite to its performance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- feasible At first blush, Tom's suggestion seemed feasible.
- achievable I know that that sound isn't achievable by a human.
- workable This solution is not workable in the long term.
- attainable You need to set yourself attainable goals.
- practical I have no practical reason to learn that language.
- usable "Incompetent" is the softest word usable to describe them.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| practicable | falling | |
| feasible | falling | |
| achievable | rising | |
| workable | falling | |
| attainable | falling | |
| practical | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- viable3, usable3
- 8 letters
- possible3, feasible3, workable3, operable4
- 9 letters
- practical3, tractable3
- 10 letters
- manageable4, achievable4, attainable4, executable, effectible
- 11 letters
- performable
- 13 letters
- implementable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (viable3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- praticable