Antonyms for practicable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : prak-ti-kuh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpræk tɪ kə bəl

Definition of practicable

Origin : 1670s, from Middle French pratiquable (1590s), from pratiquer "to practice," from Medieval Latin practicare "to practice" (see practical). Related: practicableness (1640s).

adj within the realm of possibility

Example sentences :

The mountain ranges at their backs possessed three practicable routes.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Tent-life in these mountain-sides is quite safe and practicable.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

In this case artificial fecundation by the syringe is practicable.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

Next morning Watt began to put his scheme to the test and found it practicable.
Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

I'll come with you, if you'll find a practicable train; I'm going to Crawleigh.
Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna

"It's not enough that an idea is practicable," I pointed out.
Extract from : « Lighter Than You Think » by Nelson Bond

To effect this, I see no way so practicable as dissolving the confederacy.
Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler

This was a practicable suggestion, and it was at once put into execution.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 » by Various

It is not practicable to publish the list of the women in full.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

About a mile from this; but the road is not practicable for a horseman.
Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for practicable

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