functional

Meaning

Adj

1. In good working order.
2. Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
3. Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture.
4. Of or relating to one's role or office; official.
5. Characterizing functioning in environment, being symptoms that do not presuppose alteration of organic structure.
6. Of or relating to a function or functions.
7. Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.

Noun

1. A function that takes a function as its argument; more precisely, a function whose argument varies in a space of (real or complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space.
2. A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
3. An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).

Opposite of

imperative

Synonyms

practical

working

useful

useable

operative

utilitarian

operational

active

operable

running

🏃

operated

applied

functionalist

functioning

pragmatic

usable

ministrant

helpful

going

operating

efficient

effective

performing

dynamical

practical use

regular

creative

sensible

serviceable

unconstipated

constructive

banausic

applicable

alive

liturgical

live

Translations

fonctionnel

funcional

funcional

funzionale

funktional

λειτουργικός

funktionell

işlevsel

sachlich

Funktional

amtlich

zweckbetont

praktisch

funktionstüchtig

Funktions

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfʌŋkt͡ʃənəl/

Etymology

From function + -al.