Meaning & use
pragmatic
Focused on what will work in the actual situation.
See it in a sentence
With rain approaching, we took the pragmatic step of moving the tables indoors.
Her pragmatic plan used tools the workshop already owned.
A note on using this word
Pragmatic describes an approach guided by practical results. It does not by itself say whether that approach is fair or imaginative.
Words with a similar meaning
practicalrealistic
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Words with an opposite meaning
impractical
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