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, 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

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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1. Michael Bivona:

   Most people have some kind of lifestyle vision for retirement, unfortunately without proper planning their dreams don't always become a reality as they enter the encore time of their lives. Quoted from CPA Practice Advisor-October 5, 2015

2. La Russa:

   He just continues to improve, does n’t he ? you think about his first bullpen to his first batting practice to his first game. And now every time he goes out there, he’s taking another couple steps forward.

3. Geoff Hellman:

   Russia supports actions that benefit Russia. Russia purports to support sanctions against North Korea, but in practice supports North Korea in its effort to evade sanctions, russia employs criminal networks to set up front companies in Singapore, for example, to transship oil.

4. Nicolas Veron:

   We are still in the early stages of discovering what the BRRD implies in practice and the transition is going to be long, shaped by individual cases and not just by the legislation itself, it would be misguided to exclude any use of public money in future.

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.