Practicable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness}, n. --
          {Prac"ti*ca*bly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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