Practicable \Prac"ti*ca*ble\, a. [LL. practicare to act,
transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. 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.
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2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon;
a practicable road.
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Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of
approach and entrance by an assailing party.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
practicable
adj 1: usable for a specific purpose; "an operable plan"; "a
practicable solution" [syn: operable]
2: capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances
as they are [syn: feasible, executable, viable, workable]
WordNet (r) 2.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "practicable":
accessible, accomplishable, achievable, actable, attainable,
banausic, compassable, doable, effective, effectual, efficient,
employable, feasible, functional, handy, manageable, maneuverable,
manipulatable, negotiable, operable, operatable, operative,
overcomable, performable, possible, practical, pragmatic,
realizable, serviceable, superable, surmountable, usable, useful,
viable, workable
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
executable, feasible, operable, viable, workable
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