PRACTICABLE

feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workable

(adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

operable, practicable

(adjective) usable for a specific purpose; “an operable plan”; “a practicable solution”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

practicable (not comparable)

Capable of being accomplished; feasible.

Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.

Available for use; accessible or employable.

Usage notes

Example of use contrasted with practical

• "While others might agree that it really was practical to rewrite the entire section, it just was not truly practicable given other considerations."

Synonyms

• (capable of being accomplished): feasible, workable

• usable

Antonyms

• impracticable

Source: Wiktionary

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Prac"ti*ca*ble, a. Etym: [LL. practicare to act, transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. practicable, pratiquer to practice. See Practical.]

1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good.

2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road. Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of approach and entrance by an assailing party.

Syn.

– Possible; feasible.

– Practicable, Possible. 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.

– Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n.

– Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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