Antonyms 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

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Engage
   • Implementation
   • Use

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

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, 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, 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 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, 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, apply, exert

8. rehearse, practise, practiceverb

   engage in a rehearsal (of)

   Synonyms:
   practise, commit, drill, use, do, exercise, rehearse, 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, 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, rehearse, practise, commit, apply, place, do, send, exercise

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1. practicenoun

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

2. practiceverb

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

How to use practice in a sentence?

1. Jesus Vasavilbaso:

   It takes a special skill a lot of practice from Border Patrol agents to be able to master that, it takes hours. Sometimes, we track groups for hours. Hopefully we can make this apprehension.

2. Christopher Barnes:

   There are 70 countries that practice daylight saving time, so you have millions of people suffering from sleep deprivation, we work and live in a culture that tries to cram in so much activity. Because of this, everything else suffers. I always tell my students that sleep makes everything better : your work, your life, your health and your relationships.

3. Vincent LaCourt:

   That timing allowed us to have Tom and Kayla go into our neutral buoyancy laboratory, or big pool where we practice spacewalks, and practice our exact spacewalk.

4. Dave Clawson:

   The good thing about having depth is there’s more internal competition, and then ... guys have got to practice harder because they if don’t practice harder, they’re not going to play. So these are actually the easier years to coach.

5. John Cunha:

   I have had patients in my practice in the emergency room that I have walked in on that are actually vaping at the bedside, ...Someone could be sitting in their room in the emergency room and they could be vaping in between being seen by medical professionals, and we would have no idea what they are taking.

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