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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. usable for a specific purpose;
- Example: "an operable plan"
- Example: "a practicable solution"
[syn: operable, practicable]

2. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are;
[syn: feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workable]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road. [1913 Webster] Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of approach and entrance by an assailing party. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

practicable adj 1: usable for a specific purpose; "an operable plan"; "a practicable solution" [syn: operable, practicable] 2: capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are [syn: feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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