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Synonyms for practice
Synonyms for practice: pattern, praxis, apply, commit and rehearsal. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for practice
Interchangeable with practice, one per sense
Audited under practice's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one practice carries in that sense.
- patternnoun, in the sense "a customary way of operation or behavior"
- praxisnoun, in the sense "translating an idea into action"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name practice as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under practice's own senses. The second reach practice from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
a customary way of operation or behavior
It is their practice to give annual raises.
practice in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The bakery's practice is to bake fresh bread every morning before the shop opens.
- In this neighborhood, it is common practice to greet strangers with a nod.
How it behaves: In this sense practice usually appears with a possessive or as 'the practice of' plus a gerund, often in formal or institutional writing.
The true synonym
pattern
Same sentence, swapped: It is their pattern to give annual raises.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for practice in the sentence quoted.
- exercise
- operation
- market
translating an idea into action
A hard theory to put into practice.
The true synonym
praxis
Same sentence, swapped: A hard theory to put into praxis.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot practice is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- drill
- agency
- instrumentation
Where practice turns up in the game
practice is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where practice is the trap
- commitverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is trust, in the sense "confer a trust upon", and practice is one of the three tiles that lose.
- patternnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is design, in the sense "something intended as a guide for making something else", so practice is there to be ruled out.
- stretchverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is extend, in the sense "extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body", and practice is on the board beside it.
- applyverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is enforce, in the sense "ensure observance of laws and rules", with practice sitting one tile away.
Play practice
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so practice reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from actions at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. practice carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.