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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, powerful, forceful |
| Synonyms: | almighty, authoritative, ball of fire, cogent, commanding, compelling, convincing, dominant, dynamic, efficacious, forcible, full-bodied, go-getter, great, gutsy, impressive, influential, lusty, mighty, persuasive, powerhouse, puissant, punchy, robust, spanking, stiff, strong, sturdy, telling, trenchant, useful, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | disabled, fragile, helpless, impotent, incapable, ineffective, weak |
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| Main Entry: | cogent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective |
| Synonyms: | apposite, apt, compelling, conclusive, consequential, convictive, convincing, fitting, forceful, forcible, inducing, influential, irresistible, justified, meaningful, momentous, persuasive, pertinent, potent, powerful, puissant, relevant, satisfactory, satisfying, significant, solid, sound, strong, suasive, telling, urgent, valid, weighty, well-grounded |
| Antonyms: | impotent, ineffective, invalid, weak |
| Main Entry: | concentrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condensed, reduced |
| Synonyms: | boiled down, complete, crashed, entire, evaporated, fixed, full-bodied, lusty, potent, rich, robust, straight, strong, stuffed, telescoped, thick, thickened, total, unadulterated, undiffused, undiluted, undivided, unmingled, unmixed, whole |
| Antonyms: | diffuse, loose, thin |
Example Sentences
- That's why it's very potent.
- Your potent prince, the constable, shall not save you.
- And cattle and sheep emit 20% of the World's methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
| Main Entry: | dynamic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, vital |
| Synonyms: | activating, aggressive, changing, charismatic, coming on strong, compelling, driving, effective, electric, energetic, energizing, enterprising, forceful, forcible, go-ahead, go-getter, go-getting, highpowered, hyped-up, influential, intense, lively, lusty, magnetic, peppy*, play for keeps, play hard ball, potent, powerful, productive, progressive, red-blooded, strenuous, vehement, vigorous, vitalizing, zippy |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, boring, dull, inactive, passive, unexciting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive, persuasive |
| Synonyms: | able, active, adequate, capable, cogent, compelling, competent, convincing, direct, effectual, efficacious, efficient, emphatic, energetic, forceful, forcible, having lead in pencil, impressive, live, moving, on the ball, operative, playing hardball, potent, powerful, powerhouse, practical, producing, resultant, serviceable, serving, sound, striking, sufficient, telling, trenchant, useful, valid, virtuous, wicked*, yielding |
| Notes: | effective means 'having a (desired) result or effect,' effectual is 'succeeding in producing a desired result or effect,' and efficacious means the same as effectual as well as 'serving as an effective solution or remedy' |
| Antonyms: | fruitless, impotent, incapable, ineffective, unproductive, useless, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effectual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential; authoritative |
| Synonyms: | accomplishing, achieving, adequate, binding, capable, conclusive, decisive, determinative, effecting, effective, efficacious, efficient, forcible, fulfilling, in force, lawful, legal, licit, potent, powerful, practicable, productive, qualified, serviceable, sound, strong, successful, telling, useful, valid, virtuous, workable |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, ineffectual, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, weak |
| Main Entry: | efficacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | efficient, productive |
| Synonyms: | active, adequate, capable, competent, effective, effectual, energetic, influential, operative, potent, powerful, puissant, serviceable, strong, successful, useful, virtuous |
| Antonyms: | incapable, inefficacious, inefficient, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless |
| Main Entry: | efficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adept, effective |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, active, adapted, adequate, apt, businesslike, capable, clever, competent, conducive, decisive, deft, dynamic, economic, economical, effectual, efficacious, energetic, equal to, experienced, expert, familiar with, fitted, good at, good for, handy, masterly, organized, potent, powerful, practiced, productive, proficient, profitable, qualified, ready, saving, shrewd, skilled, skillful, systematic, talented, tough, useful, valuable, virtuous, well-organized |
| Antonyms: | helpless, impotent, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, powerless, unable, weak |
| Main Entry: | eloquent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a skillful way with words |
| Synonyms: | affecting, ardent, articulate, expressive, facund, fervent, fervid, fluent, forceful, glib, grandiloquent, graphic, impassioned, impressive, indicative, magniloquent, meaningful, moving, outspoken, passionate, persuasive, poignant, potent, powerful, revealing, rhetorical, sententious, significant, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken, stirring, suggestive, telling, touching, vivid, vocal, voluble, well-expressed |
| Antonyms: | dull, inarticulate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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