adj. 25B6; adjective
practical experience : EMPIRICAL, hands-on, actual, active, applied, heuristic, experiential.
there are no practical alternatives : FEASIBLE, practicable, realistic, viable, workable, possible, reasonable, sensible; informal doable.
practical clothes : FUNCTIONAL, sensible, utilitarian, workaday.
try to be more practical : REALISTIC, sensible, down-to-earth, businesslike, commonsensical, hard-headed, no-nonsense; informal hard-nosed.
a practical certainty : VIRTUAL, effective, near.
theoretical.