efficaciousadjective
uk/ˌef.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/us/ˌef.əˈkeɪ.ʃəs/formalable to produce the intended result
Synonym
effective
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Efficient and effective
- a treat idiom
- be firing on all cylinders idiom
- businesslike
- do the trick idiom
- does what it says on the tin idiom
- labour-saving
- miraculous
- organized
- potency
- proactive
- punch
- smooth
- technical
- timesaving
- together
- treat
- trick
- well oiled
- well tried
- worth
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Examples from literature
- Caution is at least as efficacious a protection against him as courage.
- Many efforts were made for his release, the most efficacious by the Queen of France.
- Pieces of certain woods are believed efficacious for rheumatism, and old men especially may often be seen with them tied around the limbs.
- The penalty should certainly prove efficacious, he observed lightly.
- They resort to any and every agent which has been proved efficacious, whether it be vegetable or mineral.