Definitions

effectual

[ih-fek-choo-uhl] / ɪˈfɛk tʃu əl /

ADJECTIVE

influential; authoritative

Synonyms

STRONG

effective efficacious

WEAK

accomplishing achieving adequate binding capable conclusive decisive determinative effecting efficient forcible fulfilling in force lawful legal licit potent powerful practicable productive qualified serviceable sound strong successful telling useful valid virtuous workable

Antonyms

STRONG

incapable unproductive useless

WEAK

impotent ineffectual unsuccessful weak

Usage

What are other ways to say effectual? The adjective effectual is used especially of that which produces the effect desired or intended, or a decisive result: An effectual bombardment silenced the enemy. Efficacious suggests the capability of achieving a certain end: an efficacious plan, medicine. Efficient (applied also to persons) implies the skillful use of energy or industry to accomplish desired results with little waste of effort: efficient methods; an efficient manager. Effective is applied to a person or a thing that has the power to, or which actually does, produce an effect: an effective boss, remedy, speech.

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Vocabulary lists containing effectual

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Vocabulary lists containing effectual

Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)

The Taming of the Shrew

Twelve Years a Slave