Synonyms for practice
- noun
- verb
- American English
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Routine — actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory. A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or…
routine, way, habit, pattern, custom, procedure, method, rule, usage, system, mode, trick, institution, observance, manner, fashion, guise, habitude, wont dated, wone dated
2. Exercise — repetition of an activity to improve a skill
exercise, drill, rehearsal, experience, action, performance, try, application, trial, rehearsing, drilling, recitation, train, dry run
3. Training — repetition of an activity to improve a skill. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition
Other
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.
- n. 2
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
I have choir practice every Sunday after church.
- v. 1
To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
You should practise playing piano every day.
- v. 2
To repeat an activity in this way.
If you want to speak French well, you need to practise.
Related words
- Word family
- practicable practical practitioner practiced practicing
- Phrases
- practice run general practice put in practice put into practice business practice common practice fire practice in practice
- Other spellings
- practise UK
Example sentences
- method There must be a defect in the experimental method.
- procedure Generally speaking, endoscopy is a safe procedure.
- routine His comedy routine has got a lot better over time.
- habit John is in the habit of staying up until midnight.
- exercise People living in a big city tend to lack exercise.
- rehearsal After a ten-minute break, we resumed our rehearsal.
By length
- 2 letters
- do1
- 3 letters
- way1, use1, try1, ply1
- 4 letters
- play1, rule1, mode1, wont1, wone
- 5 letters
- train1, trial2, apply2, trick1, habit2, usage2, drill1, guise1
- 6 letters
- system2, office2, action2, follow2, method2, manner2, custom2, commit2, pursue2, employ2, praxis2
- 7 letters
- fashion2, perform2, pattern2, routine2, workout2, execute3, utilize3, utilise
- 8 letters
- training2, exercise3, drilling2, rehearse2, habitude
- 9 letters
- procedure3, rehearsal3, habituate
- 10 letters
- experience4, observance3, rehearsing3, recitation4
- 11 letters
- performance3, application4, institution4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trial2 = 2 syllables).