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efficient
adjective
1 efficient
Being effective without wasting time or effort or expense.
Roget 170:
operative,
efficient,
efficacious,
practical,
effectual.
at work,
on foot;
acting
etc.
(doing)
680;
in operation,
in force,
in action,
in play,
in exercise;
acted upon,
wrought upon.
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Roget 698:
skillful,
dexterous,
adroit,
expert,
apt,
handy,
quick,
deft,
ready,
gain;
slick,
smart
etc.
(active)
682;
proficient,
good at,
up to,
at home in,
master of,
a good hand at,
au fait,
thoroughbred,
masterly,
crack,
accomplished;
conversant
etc.
(knowing)
490.
experienced,
practiced,
skilled,
hackneyed;
up in,
well up in;
in practice,
in proper cue;
competent,
efficient,
qualified,
capable,
fitted,
fit for,
up to the mark,
trained,
initiated,
prepared,
primed,
finished.
clever,
cute,
able,
ingenious,
felicitous,
gifted,
talented,
endowed;
inventive
etc.
515;
shrewd,
sharp,
on the ball
etc.
(intelligent)
498;
cunning
etc.
702;
alive to,
up to snuff,
not to be caught with chaff;
discreet.
neat-handed,
fine-fingered,
nimble-fingered,
ambidextrous,
sure-footed;
cut out for,
fitted for.
technical,
artistic,
scientific,
daedalian†,
shipshape;
workman-like,
business-like,
statesman-like.
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2 efficient
Able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively:
— An efficient secretary.
— The efficient cause of the revolution.
synonym: effective.
Roget 644:
useful;
of use
etc.
n.;
serviceable,
proficuous†,
good for;
subservient
etc.
(instrumental)
631;
conducive
etc.
(tending)
176;
subsidiary
etc.
(helping)
707.
advantageous
etc.
(beneficial)
648;
profitable,
gainful,
remunerative,
worth one's salt;
valuable;
prolific
etc.
(productive)
168.
adequate;
efficient,
efficacious;
effective,
effectual;
expedient
etc.
646.
applicable,
available,
ready,
handy,
at hand,
tangible;
commodious,
adaptable;
of all work.
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Roget 157:
powerful,
puissant;
potential;
capable,
able;
equal to,
up to;
cogent,
valid;
efficient,
productive;
effective,
effectual,
efficacious,
adequate,
competent;
multipotent†,
plenipotent†,
omnipotent;
almighty.
forcible
etc.
adj..
(energetic)
171;
influential
etc.
175;
productive
etc.
168.
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