practicable
able to be done or put into practice
Roots
- -able / -ible: able to be, fit to be, or worthy of
- pragm / practic: deed, action, practical work, or what can be done
Other words with the pragm / practic root
- practical: useful in real situations
- practice: repeated action or practical work
- pragmatic: practical and focused on what works
- pragmatism: practical approach focused on results
- pragmatist: person guided by practical results
Practicable is the doable side of practical: not just sensible in theory but workable in real life.
The plan sounded kind but was not practicable without a room and a schedule.
Practicable is easy to confuse with practical. Practical can mean sensible; practicable means capable of being done. The -able ending matters because it asks whether the plan can actually be put into practice.