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efficacious definition
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Grep of noun efficacious efficaciousness Overview of adj efficacious The adj efficacious has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) efficacious -- (marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough") 2. effective, effectual, efficacious -- (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law") Antonyms of adj efficacious 2 senses of efficacious Sense 1 efficacious (vs. inefficacious) inefficacious (vs. efficacious) Sense 2 effective (vs. ineffective), effectual, efficacious Similarity of adj efficacious 2 senses of efficacious Sense 1 efficacious (vs. inefficacious) => effective Also See-> effective#1, effectual#2, efficacious#2 Sense 2 effective (vs. ineffective), effectual, efficacious => hard-hitting, trenchant => impelling => impressive, telling => rough-and-ready Also See-> efficacious#1; efficient#1; potent#3, strong#5; powerful#1; useful#1, utile#1 Attributes of adj efficacious 2 senses of efficacious Sense 1 efficacious (vs. inefficacious) => efficacy, efficaciousness Sense 2 effective (vs. ineffective), effectual, efficacious => effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness, effectuality Familiarity of adj efficacious efficacious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj efficacious efficacious inefficacious Overview of adj efficacious The adj efficacious has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) efficacious -- (marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough") 2. effective, effectual, efficacious -- (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law")
efficacious definition
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