Definitions

efficient

[ih-fish-uhnt] / ɪˈfɪʃ ənt /

ADJECTIVE

capable, effective

Synonyms

STRONGEST

able active adept adequate capable competent decisive dynamic economical effective energetic potent powerful productive profitable skilled skillful tough useful valuable

WEAK

accomplished adapted apt businesslike clever conducive deft economic effectual efficacious equal to experienced expert familiar with fitted good at good for handy masterly organized practiced proficient qualified ready saving shrewd systematic talented virtuous well-organized

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delicate fragile idle impotent inactive inadequate incapable incompetent ineffective inept lazy sluggish unable unskilled unskillful useless weak worthless

WEAK

helpless inefficient powerless

Usage

What are other ways to say efficient? The adjective efficient, when applied to a person or a thing, implies the skillful use of energy or industry to accomplish desired results with little waste of effort: efficient methods; an efficient manager. Effective is applied to a person or a thing that has the power to, or which actually does, produce an effect: an effective boss, remedy, speech. Effectual is used especially of that which produces the effect desired or intended, or a decisive result: An effectual bombardment silenced the enemy. Efficacious suggests the capability of achieving a certain end: an efficacious plan, medicine.

Example Sentences

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With car prices soaring, one man deploys dealer speak to talk down the sticker price on behalf of buyers: “You’re hiring a middleman to deal with the middleman to make the middleman more efficient.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Over time, these pharmaceuticals and their byproducts can accumulate in the plant tissue since there is no efficient way for the plant to eliminate them.

From Science Daily

“You’re hiring a middleman to deal with the middleman to make the middleman more efficient,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The discovery could speed up drug development and make the process of designing medicines more efficient.

From Science Daily

As a result, researchers have been searching for a more efficient and economical way to produce these exceptionally tough materials.

From Science Daily

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