practicable

Questions about practicable

What does practicable mean?

practicable means "usable for a specific purpose". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in practicable?

practicable has 4 syllables: prac-ti-ca-ble. The stress falls on "prac". In IPA it is /ˈpɹæktəkəbəl/.

What is another word for practicable?

Close synonyms include operable, feasible, executable, viable, workable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is practicable a common word?

practicable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.