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effectiveness - 17 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | effectiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | capability, clout, cogency, effect, efficacy, efficiency, force, performance, point, potency, power, punch, strength, success, use, validity, verve, vigor, weight, forcefulness, validness |
| Antonyms: | ineffectiveness, unproductivity, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | capability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to perform |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, aptitude, art, capacity, competence, craft, cunning, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, facility, faculty, means, might, potency, potential, power, proficiency, qualification, skill, wherewithal, potentiality, qualifiedness |
| Notes: | capacity refers to a general ability to comprehend an issue or perform a task; capability implies a reference to one of a set of such abilities |
| Antonyms: | impotence, inability, incompetence, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | efficacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | efficiency; productiveness |
| Synonyms: | ability, adequacy, capability, capacity, competence, effect, effectiveness, energy, force, influence, performance, potency, power, strength, success, sufficiency, use, vigor, virtue, weight, capableness, efficaciousness |
| Antonyms: | failure, inefficiency, weakness, inefficacy, unproductiveness, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | forte |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's strong point |
| Synonyms: | ability, aptitude, competence, effectiveness, efficiency, faculty, gift*, long suit*, métier, medium, strength, strong suit*, talent, thing*, ableness, eminency, oyster*, speciality |
| Antonyms: | weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oomph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, dash, drive, effectiveness, endurance, exertion, fire, force, fortitude, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, punch, spirit, stamina, steam, strength, vigor, vim, virility, vitality, zeal, zest, zing, zip, birr, forcefulness, get-up-and-go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pizzazz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy; flamboyance |
| Synonyms: | élan, ability, animation, aptitude, bounce, dash, drive, effectiveness, fire, force, gift, hustle, intensity, juice, knack, life, liveliness, moxie*, muscle, oomph*, panache, pep, pluck, potency, power, presence, punch, push, shine*, spirit, splash*, spunk, stamina, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip*, forcefulness, get-up-and-go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | validity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | genuineness, lawfulness |
| Synonyms: | authority, cogency, effectiveness, efficacy, force, foundation, gravity, grounds, legality, persuasiveness, point, potency, power, punch, right, soundness, strength, substance, weight, legitimacy, validness |
| Antonyms: | invalidity |
| Main Entry: | energy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's spirit and vigor |
| Synonyms: | élan, activity, animation, application, ardor, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, fortitude, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch, spirit, spontaneity, stamina, steam, strength, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip*, birr, forcefulness, get-up-and-go, operativeness, toughness |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness, lethargy, inactivity, tiredness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expediency/expedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriateness; worth |
| Synonyms: | advantage, advisability, benefit, convenience, effectiveness, efficiency, fitness, helpfulness, opportunism, opportunity, order, policy, practicality, propriety, prudence, suitability, usefulness, utility, advantageousness, appositeness, aptness, desirability, judiciousness, meetness, pragmatism, profitability, profitableness, properness, propitiousness, rightness, utilitarianism |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, inappropriateness |
| Main Entry: | power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, competence |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, bent, capability, capacity, effectiveness, efficacy, endowment, faculty, function, gift, influence, potential, qualification, skill, talent, turn, virtue, competency, dynamism, potentiality |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, incompetence, weakness |
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impact, impression |
| Synonyms: | action, clout, drift, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, enforcement, essence, execution, fact, force, import, imprint, influence, mark, meaning, power, purport, purpose, reality, sense, significance, strength, tenor, use, validity, vigor, weight, implementation |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental power, energy |
| Synonyms: | ability, authority, bite*, capability, coercion, cogency, competence, determination, dominance, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, emphasis, gumption, guts*, influence, intensity, intestinal fortitude, obligation, persistence, persuasiveness, point, pressure, puissance, punch, push, requirement, sapience, stress, validity, vehemence, vigor, willpower, fierceness, forcefulness, impressiveness, validness |
| Antonyms: | incompetence, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | punch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy, vigor |
| Synonyms: | bite, cogency, drive, effectiveness, force, impact, point, validity, verve, forcefulness, validness |
| Antonyms: | idleness, lethargy, unenthusiasm |
| Main Entry: | strength |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intensity |
| Synonyms: | clout, cogency, concentration, depth, effectiveness, efficacy, energy, extremity, fervor, force, juice*, kick*, potency, power, resolution, spirit, vehemence, vigor, virtue |
| Antonyms: | lethargy, weakness, enervation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | performance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | efficiency |
| Synonyms: | action, conduct, effectiveness, efficacy, exercise, operation, practice, pursuit, running, working, functioning |
| Antonyms: | inefficiency, ineffectualness |
| Main Entry: | weight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | access, authority, clout, connection, consequence, consideration, credit, effectiveness, efficacy, emphasis, impact, import, influence, magnitude, moment, persuasiveness, pith, potency, power, prestige, pull, significance, substance, sway, value, forcefulness, forcibleness, momentousness, powerfulness, signification, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | unimportance, triviality |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal, aim |
| Synonyms: | appeal, attraction, bottom line*, charm, cogency, design, effectiveness, end, fascination, intent, intention, interest, motive, name of the game*, nitty-gritty*, nub, nuts and bolts*, object, objective, punch*, purpose, reason, significance, use, usefulness, utility, validity, validness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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