Practical
Tactical
Tactical adjective - Suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances.
Usage example: made the tactical move of becoming friendly with the journalism teacher, hoping that this would get him appointed editor of the school newspaper
Practical and tactical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Practical" instead an adjective "Tactical".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- advantageous and practical
- advantageous and tactical
- helpful and practical
- helpful and tactical
- sane and practical
- sane and tactical
- reasonable and practical
- reasonable and tactical
- wise and practical
- wise and tactical
- convenient and practical
- convenient and tactical
- profitable and practical
- profitable and tactical
Both words in one sentence
- The tactical flexibility of the Shotgun is what makes it practical.
- Black Canary received a similar Boring but Practical redesign meant to evoke the appearance of tactical body armor.
Source: Author's Saving Throw -
Boring but Practical: During a clay pigeon shooting contest between the four of them, Corey and Chumlee bring awesome tactical shotguns instead of plain trap-shooting guns.
Source: Series / Pawn Stars
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