efficient synonyms

efficient

modif.

  1. Said of persons

    competent, businesslike, proficient, productive, good at, apt, adequate, fitted, able, capable, qualified, skillful, effective, clever, talented, energetic, skilled, adapted, familiar with, deft, adept, expert, experienced, having the requisite skill, workmanlike, having adequate energy, equal to, drilled, exercised, practiced, practical, accomplished, potent, active, dynamic, decisive, tough, shrewd, highpowered*; see also sense 2; able 2.

    Antonyms incompetent*, inefficient*, unproductive. *

  2. Said of things

    economical, fitting, suitable, suited, effectual, effective, efficacious, adequate, serviceable, useful, profitable, saving, thrifty, labor-saving, time-saving, valuable, expedient, handy, conducive, well-designed, streamlined, cost-effective, unwasteful, practical, good for.

    Antonyms inefficient, ineffectual, wasteful*. See syn. study at effective.effective.

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