Another word for effective
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Adjective
Producing or able to produce a desired effect
- Producing or capable of producing crops, goods, or services, especially in abundance:
- Marked by abundant production or achievement:
- Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive:
- Acting or producing effectively with a minimum of waste, expense, or unnecessary effort:
- Acting directly to produce an effect:
- Causing less waste or requiring less effort than comparable devices or methods. Used in combination:
- Producing or capable of producing a desired effect.
- Producing or sufficient to produce a desired effect.
See also:Full of or displaying force
- Strong and healthy; robust:
- Growing or spreading rapidly:
- Characterized by or done with force and energy:
- Physically powerful; capable of exerting great physical force.
- Marked by great physical power:
- In good or sound health; robust:
- Having or capable of exerting power.
- Effective or potent:
- Great:
- Effective; forceful.
- Effected against resistance through the use of force:
- Characterized by force; powerful.
- Characterized by or full of force; effective:
- Of or relating to energy or to objects in motion.
- Of or relating to the study of dynamics.
- Characterized by continuous change, activity, or progress:
See also:In effect
- Being in effect; having force; operating:
- Functioning effectively; efficient.
- Engaged in or concerned with physical or mechanical activity.
- Of or relating to an operation or a series of operations.
- Of, intended for, or involved in military operations.
- Fit for proper functioning; ready for use:
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Another word for effective
Modifier
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- Forceful and clear; penetrating:
- Caustic; cutting:
- Distinct; clear-cut:
- Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing:
- Urgently requiring attention:
- Drivingly forceful:
- Having or capable of exerting power.
- Effective or potent:
- Great:
- Characterized by or full of force; effective:
- Arresting the attention and producing a vivid impression on the sight or the mind.
- Having force and producing a striking effect.
- Revealing previously unknown information.
- Well grounded; just:
- Producing the desired results; efficacious:
- Having legal force; effective or binding:
- Of, relating to, governed by, or acquired through practice or action, rather than theory or speculation:
- Manifested in or involving practice:
- Capable of or suitable to being used or put into effect; useful:
- Inclined to give way to pressure, argument, or influence; docile.
- Properly or sufficiently qualified; capable:
- Adequate for the purpose:
- Legally qualified or fit to perform an act.
- Having capacity or ability; efficient and able:
- Having the ability required for a specific task or accomplishment; qualified:
- Having the inclination or disposition:
- Producing or capable of producing crops, goods, or services, especially in abundance:
- Marked by abundant production or achievement:
- Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive:
- Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need.
- Being as much as is needed; adequate; enough.
- Competent; qualified.
- Operating or functioning; in force; in play.
- Actually, practically.
- For all practical purposes; in practice; virtually; essentially; basically.
- With a substantial number of men capable of exerting force or of making a show of force.
- With a substantial display of resources.
- In effect; applicable
- Being in physical motion:
- Functioning or capable of functioning.
- Marked by energetic activity; busy:
- Being in effect; having force; operating:
- Functioning effectively; efficient.
- Engaged in or concerned with physical or mechanical activity.
- Having a beneficial use; serviceable:
- Being of practical use:
- Ready for service; usable:
- Able to give long service; durable:
- Producing or sufficient to produce a desired effect.
- Producing or capable of producing a desired effect.
- Acting or producing effectively with a minimum of waste, expense, or unnecessary effort:
- Acting directly to produce an effect:
- Causing less waste or requiring less effort than comparable devices or methods. Used in combination:
Antonyms:
Synonym Study
- 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
- Effectual specifically implies the production of the desired effect or result in a decisive manner an effectual reply to his charge
- Efficacious refers to that which is capable of producing the desired effect or result an efficacious remedy
- Effective is applied to that which produces a definite effect or result an effective speaker
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