Synonyms for practice
ˈpræk tɪs

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. practice, pattern(noun)

   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, recitation(noun)

   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, praxis(noun)

   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. practice(noun)

   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. practice(verb)

   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, do(verb)

   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, practise(verb)

   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, practice(verb)

   engage in a rehearsal (of)

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

9. practice, apply, use(verb)

   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, practice(verb)

    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. practice(noun)

   To conspire.

   Synonyms:
   wone, habit, wont, routine, custom

2. practice(noun)

   Synonyms:
   training, exercise, drill, rehearsal, workout

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. practice(n)

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

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

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. homework

   "we were given many homework assignments"

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. practice(n.)

   Synonyms:
   custom, habit, wont, frequent repetition

2. practice(n.)

   Synonyms:
   use, usage

3. practice(n.)

   Synonyms:
   action, actual performance

4. practice(n.)

   Synonyms:
   exercise (as of a profession), application

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. practice(n)

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

2. practice(v)

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   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. Keith Mitchell:

   The game, I always say, is 80 percent mental, so anything we can do to reboot the mind — I call it a meditation and I teach it as a mind practice — that’s just going to make you even more impactful, more effective on your endeavors.

2. Jeffery Veale:

   In the last 60 years there have been less than 50 cases of kidneys being re-transplanted. This is because the common practice is that once a kidney is transplanted, you don't re-transplant it.

3. Jennifer Sumner:

   Right now it’s not routine practice for people with PTSD to be screened for heart risk factors, and we hope this is something that might change.

4. Lewis Carroll:

   One can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

5. Brie Larson:

   When I was prepping for the film, I asked Eva how Eva Ansley keeps going in the face of so much working against Eva Ansley, and she said,' If all I can do is bring a little hope to someone, that's enough. No one needs to feel alone,' i've been chewing that sentiment for a year now, and here's what I've begun to practice with that : Every interaction is a chance to bring hope.

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