 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
efficacious
adjective
1: 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" [ant: {inefficacious}]
2: 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" [syn:
{effective}, {effectual}] [ant: {ineffective}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Efficacious \Ef'fi*ca"cious\, adjective [L. eficax, -acis, fr.
efficere. See {Effect}, noun]
Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or
powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious
law.
Syn: See {Effectual}. -- {Ef'fi*ca"cious*ly}, adverb
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "efficacious":
able, active, adequate, authoritative, capable, charismatic,
charming, competent, consequential, effective, effectual,
efficient, enchanting, equal to, estimable, functional, go,
important, influential, magnetic, momentous, operational,
operative, personable, persuasive, potent, powerful, practical,
prestigious, productive, proficient, puissant, reputable,
serviceable, strong, suasive, substantial, successful, telling,
up to, useful, virtuous, weighty, winning
|
