Synonyms for effective

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efficient, efficacious, effectual, serviceable, producing the expected result, producing the desired result, useful, operative, active, in force, in effect, sufficient, adequate, productive, capable, competent, yielding, practical, valid, telling, striking, forceful, powerful, compelling, cogent, trenchant.

Antonyms inoperative, useless*, inefficient.

effective is applied to that which produces a definite effect or result an effective speaker; efficacious refers to that which is capable of producing the desired effect or result an efficacious remedy; effectual specifically implies the production of the desired effect or result in a decisive manner an effectual reply to his charge; efficient implies skill and economy of energy in producing the desired result and when applied to persons implies competence an efficient machine, an efficient worker

See effective in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms

effective effectual efficacious efficient

These adjectives mean producing or capable of producing a desired effect: an effective reprimand; an effectual complaint; an efficacious remedy; the efficient cause of the revolution.

See effective in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

adjective

Producing or able to produce a desired effect:
effectual, efficacious, efficient, productive. See thrive
Full of or displaying force:
dynamic, dynamical, forceful, forcible, hard-hitting, powerful, strong, vigorous. See strong
In effect:
operational, operative. See be

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