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
- 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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