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effective

[ih-fek-tiv, ee-fek‐] / ɪˈfɛk tɪv, iˈfɛk‐ /
ADJECTIVE
successful, persuasive
Synonyms
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active adequate compelling competent direct efficient forceful impressive potent powerful practical successful useful valid
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effectual efficacious
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able big-wheel capable cogent convincing emphatic energetic forcible having lead in pencil live moving on the ball operative persuasive playing hardball powerhouse producing resultant serviceable serving sound striking telling trenchant virtuous wicked yielding
Antonyms
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helpless impotent inadequate incapable incompetent ineffective inefficient insufficient unable useless weak worthless
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unproductive unsuccessful
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fruitless inoperative
ADJECTIVE
in use at the time
Synonyms
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active direct dynamic
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actual current in effect in execution in force in operation operative real
Antonyms
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inactive
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fruitless impotent incapable ineffective inoperative unproductive useless weak

Usage

What are other ways to say effective? The adjective 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. Efficient (applied also to persons) implies the skillful use of energy or industry to accomplish desired results with little waste of effort: efficient methods; an efficient manager. 

Example Sentences

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Noisy circuits may appear trainable, but this is partly because noise has already reduced their effective complexity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

That line may prove politically effective, but it doesn’t reflect the full picture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Stephanie Hunter McMahon, a tax-law professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, isn’t convinced that a tax strike is an effective form of protest.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed to accept migrants deported from the US who are not themselves Congolese under a deal effective from this month, officials said.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

These were all effective tactics and without question advanced the cause of the suffragists in their campaign to win the ballot.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler