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(0.00 / 0 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. Confucius:

   To be fond of learning is to be near to knowledge. To practice with vigor is to be near to magnanimity. To possess the feeling of shame is to be near to energy. He who knows these three things, knows how to cultivate his own character.

2. Sir Walter Scott:

   O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!

3. Paul Offit:

   What I do is basically say, 'When you love your child, you bring your child to us to care for your child. By saying you don't want to get vaccines, you are asking me to practice substandard care,'.

4. Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy:

   I support the practice of arresting people who break the law.

5. Vicki Saporta:

   The FDA label has finally caught up to the evidence based practice in the United States, it has the potential of opening medical abortion care in more rural areas because it does not have to be given by a surgical abortion provider.

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