Another word for effective
effective
modif.
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
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Another word for effective
Producing or able to produce a desired effect:
effectual, efficacious, efficient, productive. See thriveFull of or displaying force:
dynamic, dynamical, forceful, forcible, hard-hitting, powerful, strong, vigorous. See strongIn effect:
operational, operative. See be
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