PRACTICAL Antonyms

• concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations

• concerned with theories rather than their practical applications

• existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention

• consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

• make off with belongings of others

• consider apart from a particular case or instance

• give an abstract (of)

• indulging in or influenced by fancy

• not based on fact; existing only in the imagination

• having a curiously intricate quality

• of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas

• of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

• not capable of being applied

• not having or performing a function

• not performing or able to perform its regular function

• not financially safe or secure

• not based on fact or investigation

• showing curiosity

• not capable of being carried out or put into practice

• not realistic

• not capable of being used

• not capable of being carried out or put into practice

• of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia

• of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia

• characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection

• an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer