Practicing

English

Verb

practicing

1. Present participle of practice.

Adjective

Practicing (not comparable)

1. Actively engaged in a profession.

   My uncle is a practicing dentist.

2. Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion.

Thesaurus

acting, active, behavioral, compliant, conforming, conscientious, constant, devoted, devout, duteous, dutiful, faithful, functional, functioning, inaction, loyal, meticulous, mindful, observant, operating, operational, performing, punctilious, punctual, regardful, scrupulous, serving, true, working

Derived terms

• nonpracticing