effective

Plural: effectives

Adjective

• producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; -LewisMumford
  • "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"
  • "effective teaching methods"
  • "effective steps toward peace"
  • "made an effective entrance"

Adjective Satellite

• able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; -G.B.Shaw
  • "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."
  • "effective personnel"
• works well as a means or remedy
  • "an effective reprimand"
  • "a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat"
• exerting force or influence
  • "the law is effective immediately"
• existing in fact; not theoretical; real
  • "a decline in the effective demand"
  • "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done"
• ready for service
  • "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers"

Adj

• Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
• Producing a decided or decisive effect.
• Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
• Actually in effect.
• Having no negative coefficients.
• Such that no group element acts trivially.
• approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.

Noun

• a soldier fit for duty

Examples

• effective immediately
• How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?
• My effective income after taxes and child support is $500 a month.
• The curfew is effective at midnight.
• The effective radiated power is determined by multiplying the transmitter power output with the antenna gain.
• The effective voltage of an alternating current is 0.7 times its peak voltage.
• The pill is an effective method of birth control.
• The president delivered an effective speech!

Synonyms

effectual, efficacious, efficient, good, in effect, in force

Antonyms

ineffective, nominal

Related Words

effect, effectivity, effectual, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficient, pseudoeffective

Anagrams of effective