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efficacious

/,ɛfə'keɪʃəs/

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adjective
producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
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"an efficacious law"

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effective effectual rough-and-ready impressive telling trenchant impelling hard-hitting
adjective
marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
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"written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers" "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"

Similar:

effective

Opposite:

inefficacious

Examples of efficacious

"an efficacious law"
"written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"
"the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"