efficient
efficient is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power. The efficient cause is the working cause. Wilson.
- 2.An efficient cause; a prime mover. God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient only. Hooker.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- act
- acting
- action
- agency
- bear
- bring
- causation
- come
- despair
- doing
- effect
- effectual
- efficacious
- exercise
- foot
- force
- free
- function
- have
- home
- influence
- instrumentality
- interaction
- interworking
- into
- lest
- maintain
- maintenance
- mix
- modus
- must
- myself
- office
- operate
- operation
- operative
- perform
- play
- power
- practical
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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