Synonyms for practice
ˈpræk tɪsprac·tice

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1. practicenoun

   A customary action, habit, or behavior; a manner or routine.

   Synonyms:
   wone, habit, wont, routine, custom

2. practicenoun

   Synonyms:
   workout, rehearsal, drill, exercise, training

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. practicenoun

   Synonyms:
   usage, habit, exercise, experience, exercitation, action, custom, manner, performance

   Antonyms:
   disuse, dishabituation, inexperience, theory, speculation, nonperformance

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1. practice, patternnoun

   a customary way of operation or behavior

   "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"

   Synonyms:
   radiation diagram, form, practice, approach pattern, formula, praxis, rule, figure, drill, practice session, shape, radiation pattern, blueprint, traffic pattern, pattern, convention, design, recitation, normal, exercise

2. exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitationnoun

   systematic training by multiple repetitions

   "practice makes perfect"

   Synonyms:
   physical exercise, usage, use, practice, praxis, recital, drill, practice session, utilisation, example, utilization, class period, employment, exercising, pattern, course session, reading, recitation, workout, physical exertion, exercise

3. practice, praxisnoun

   translating an idea into action

   "a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism"

   Synonyms:
   drill, exercise, pattern, practice, practice session, recitation, praxis

4. practicenoun

   the exercise of a profession

   "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired"

   Synonyms:
   drill, exercise, pattern, practice session, recitation, praxis

5. practiceverb

   knowledge of how something is usually done

   "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"

   Synonyms:
   drill, exercise, pattern, practice session, recitation, praxis

6. practice, practise, exercise, doverb

   carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

   "practice law"

   Synonyms:
   work out, fare, make out, use, practice, coiffe, manage, execute, perform, arrange, answer, drill, serve, work, coif, get along, suffice, make, set, behave, dress, come, act, cause, commit, exert, practise, coiffure, apply, rehearse, do, exercise

7. drill, exercise, practice, practiseverb

   learn by repetition

   "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"

   Synonyms:
   rehearse, practise, exercise, commit, drill, use, bore, do, work, work out, practice, apply, exert

8. rehearse, practise, practiceverb

   engage in a rehearsal (of)

   Synonyms:
   practise, commit, drill, use, do, exercise, rehearse, practice, apply

9. practice, apply, useverb

   avail oneself to

   "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"

   Synonyms:
   use, rehearse, practise, enforce, give, drill, practice, hold, utilise, put on, employ, lend oneself, commit, implement, expend, utilize, go for, apply, habituate, do, exercise

10. commit, practiceverb

    engage in or perform

    "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"

    Synonyms:
    institutionalize, put, charge, dedicate, institutionalise, trust, devote, drill, invest, confide, pull, use, consecrate, give, intrust, entrust, perpetrate, practice, rehearse, practise, commit, apply, place, do, send, exercise

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Engage
   • Implementation
   • Use

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1. homework

   "we were given many homework assignments"

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. practicenoun

   Synonyms:
   custom, habit, wont, frequent repetition

2. practicenoun

   Synonyms:
   use, usage

3. practicenoun

   Synonyms:
   action, actual performance

4. practicenoun

   Synonyms:
   exercise (as of a profession), application

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1. practicenoun

   Synonyms:
   custom, usage, habit, exercise, application, drill, rehearsal

2. practiceverb

   Synonyms:
   exercise, apply, do, train, drill, rehearse

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1. List of paraphrases for "practice":

   practices, practical, hands-on, practise, pratique, practising, praxis, exercise, convenient, practicing, circulation, reality, praktika, approach, handy, practised, implement, effect, habit, fact

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How to use practice in a sentence?

1. Mark Williams:

   Most students didn't engage with the program. On average, they only practiced once over 10 weeks of the course. And that's like going to the gym once and hoping you'll get fit. But why didn't they practice ? Why ? Because many of them found it boring.

2. Denny Hamlin:

   That [Xfinity race] is a good thing. It will race different, probably, for me to have the reps on that track with a car with a similar downforce level is going to be good practice.

3. Dianne Feinstein:

   The federal government should be leading the effort to end this brutal and often cruel punishment, not advocating for its return. It's time we evolve and put this terrible practice behind us.

4. Pat Robertson, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1993:

   It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

5. Aristotle:

   ...happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little or none of it...