Thesaurus: practicable

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1. a. 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. a. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road.
3. adj. usable for a specific purpose
4. adj. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
5. 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.
6. j:100 s usable for a specific purpose s capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are