What is another word for efficient?
560 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪfˈɪʃənt], [ ɪfˈɪʃənt], [ ɪ_f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n_t]
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Similar words for efficient:
- able (adjective)
- adept, effective (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- capable (adjective)
- competent (adjective)
- economical (adjective)
- effective (adjective)
- effectual (adjective)
- expedient (adjective)
- expeditious (adjective)
- facile (adjective)
- forcible (adjective)
- good (adjective)
- infallible (adjective)
- live (adjective)
- methodic (adjective)
- methodical (adjective)
- methodical/methodic (adjective)
- neat (adjective)
- no-nonsense (adjective)
- operative (adjective)
- ordered (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- persuasive (adjective)
- practical (adjective)
- pragmatic (adjective)
- professional (adjective)
- proficient (adjective)
- prompt (adjective)
- qualified (adjective)
- regular (adjective)
- responsible (adjective)
- self-sufficient (adjective)
- serviceable (adjective)
- skillful (adjective)
- systematic (adjective)
- thorough/thoroughgoing (adjective)
- thoroughpaced (adjective)
- valid (adjective)
- vigorous (adjective)
- virtuous (adjective)
- cost-effective (noun)
- cost-efficient (noun)
- efficient (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- genuine
Synonyms for Efficient:
adj.
• able (adjective)- know onions,
- pre pared,
- know one onions,
- smart,
- know ropes,
- up speed,
- more intelligent,
- up snuff,
- up it,
- more talented,
- savviest,
- therer,
- know ones onions,
- therest,
- more skilled,
- savvy,
- more efficient,
- pre-pared,
- know backwards forwards,
- most efficient.
- organized,
- skilled,
- decisive,
- active,
- adequate,
- skillful,
- clever,
- expert,
- efficacious,
- good at,
- well-organized,
- businesslike,
- deft,
- tough,
- systematic,
- familiar with,
- dynamic,
- adapted,
- virtuous,
- shrewd,
- talented,
- ready,
- practiced,
- energetic,
- handy,
- accomplished,
- Fitted,
- masterly,
- useful,
- economic,
- good for,
- potent,
- apt,
- experienced.
- like a one man band,
- like oneman band,
- more up,
- like pistol,
- most oldtimer,
- like one-man band,
- veteran,
- having know how,
- having knowhow,
- most old timer,
- most dynamite,
- old timer,
- more old timer,
- like a oneman band,
- more fireball,
- having goods,
- more old-timer,
- more oldtimer,
- more dynamite,
- knowing score,
- like one man band,
- having right stuff,
- has what takes,
- most capable,
- most up,
- more suited,
- on ball,
- most fireball,
- most old-timer.
- end owed,
- no slouch,
- know one stuff,
- know ones business,
- being pistol,
- know ins outs,
- know business,
- pertinent,
- know answers,
- paid one dues,
- know ones stuff,
- end-owed,
- foolest,
- know score,
- paid ones dues,
- de-cent,
- paid dues,
- de cent,
- know one business.
- curmudgeonly,
- timesaving,
- on the rims,
- provident,
- work-saving,
- pennypinching,
- penny-wise,
- money-saving,
- unwasteful,
- niggardly,
- meager,
- penurious,
- pennywise,
- prudential.
- de-terminative,
- most achieving,
- more achieving,
- de terminative,
- most accomplishing,
- most fulfilling,
- licit,
- most effecting,
- more fulfilling,
- more effecting,
- more accomplishing.
- commodious,
- advantageous,
- accommodating,
- timely,
- suitable,
- expedient,
- desirable,
- fit,
- convenient,
- opportune.
- fluent,
- effortless,
- adroit,
- facile,
- uncomplicated,
- dexterous,
- smooth,
- simple,
- easy.
- more methodized,
- more structured,
- most wellregulated,
- most setup,
- more disciplined,
- more set up,
- more well-regulated,
- well regulated,
- in groove,
- most disciplined,
- most structured,
- more set-up,
- de liberate,
- most set-up,
- wellregulated,
- most methodic,
- most well regulated,
- more setup,
- most well-regulated,
- most methodized,
- more methodic,
- de-liberate,
- by book,
- more wellregulated,
- more well regulated,
- most set up.
- more well judged,
- well-judged,
- neater,
- welljudged,
- well judged,
- most well judged,
- more welljudged,
- most well-judged,
- more well-judged,
- most welljudged.
- consistent,
- symmetrical,
- normal,
- balanced,
- steady,
- uniform,
- arranged,
- tight,
- stable,
- ordered,
- harmonious.
- neat,
- all the way,
- VETER,
- by numbers,
- knowing the score,
- both feet on the ground,
- INDEPTH,
- serviceable,
- qualified,
- oldtimer,
- live,
- all together,
- no-nonsense,
- disciplined,
- effectual,
- vet,
- infallible,
- well-ordered,
- able,
- in force,
- there,
- by the book,
- persuasive,
- economical,
- being a pistol,
- know the answers,
- vigorous,
- know one's business,
- equal to,
- know stuff,
- having the goods,
- unanswerable,
- having the right stuff,
- matter of fact,
- has what it takes,
- fireball,
- well-regulated,
- in depth,
- know one's onions,
- on the dot,
- up to snuff,
- knowing one's stuff,
- know one's stuff,
- on the button,
- good,
- methodical,
- up to speed,
- know backwards and forwards,
- practical,
- like a pistol,
- effective,
- self-sufficient,
- pragmatic,
- in action,
- phenom,
- competent,
- professional,
- doable,
- in operation,
- set-up,
- wideawake,
- know the score,
- soup to nuts,
- workaday,
- well-qualified,
- utilitarian,
- whole-hog,
- structured,
- assistive,
- worldly wise,
- unidealistic,
- paid one's dues,
- regular,
- out and out,
- all around,
- slam bang,
- capable,
- in a groove,
- like a one-man band,
- hard-wearing,
- hardboiled,
- proficient,
- hardwearing,
- cut and dried,
- fooler,
- operative,
- know ins and outs,
- Clocklike,
- having know-how,
- all-embracing,
- responsible,
- blow by blow,
- up to it,
- expeditious.
- doablest,
- most unidealistic,
- both feet on ground,
- Worldlywise,
- hard boiled,
- un-idealistic,
- more utile,
- un romantic,
- un idealistic,
- vetest,
- doabler,
- most workaday,
- both feet the ground,
- nuts bolts,
- un-romantic,
- utile,
- more unidealistic,
- most utile,
- both feet ground,
- more workaday.
- most wellqualified,
- more well qualified,
- most crackerjack,
- more wellqualified,
- knowing one stuff,
- most well qualified,
- knowing ones stuff,
- wellqualified,
- most well-qualified,
- well qualified,
- more crackerjack,
- more well-qualified,
- knowing stuff.
- more phenom,
- more exercised,
- more drilled,
- whizest,
- whizer,
- most phenom,
- most exercised,
- on beam,
- most drilled,
- on the beam.
- self-sufficing,
- on one's own,
- doing one's own thing,
- out for number one,
- Self-dependent,
- on own,
- self-sustaining,
- self-sustained,
- self-supported.
- most hard wearing,
- more assistive,
- more hardwearing,
- more hard-wearing,
- hard wearing,
- most aiding,
- in valuable,
- most hardwearing,
- most assistive,
- most hard-wearing,
- more aiding,
- more hard wearing,
- in-valuable.
- artful,
- genius,
- nimble,
- cunning,
- adept,
- ambidextrous,
- crack,
- versatile,
- crafty,
- agile,
- masterful,
- Sure-footed.
- more well-ordered,
- more well ordered,
- more systematized,
- wellordered,
- well ordered,
- most well ordered,
- most systematized,
- most well-ordered,
- more wellordered,
- most wellordered.
- from z,
- most slam bang,
- de tailed,
- more particularized,
- more all-embracing,
- most all embracing,
- most whole-hog,
- all out,
- all way,
- more thorough,
- fulldress,
- more whole hog,
- more slam-bang,
- more whole-hog,
- most all-embracing,
- most whole hog,
- allout,
- all embracing,
- most thorough,
- more slambang,
- allinclusive,
- from to z,
- allembracing,
- more all embracing,
- more clocklike,
- slambang,
- all inclusive,
- more wholehog,
- most wholehog,
- most allembracing,
- in tensive,
- most slambang,
- more thoroughgoing,
- de-tailed,
- Slam-bang,
- wholehog,
- in-tensive,
- most clocklike,
- more slam bang,
- most particularized,
- most slam-bang,
- from a z,
- soup nuts.
- most attested,
- more attested,
- un adulterated,
- un-adulterated,
- un corrupted,
- most unanswerable,
- more unanswerable,
- un-answerable,
- wellfounded,
- well grounded,
- un-corrupted,
- more proven,
- more valid,
- wellgrounded,
- most proven,
- un answerable.
n.
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•
- thrifty,
- suited,
- conducive,
- fitting,
- ineffectual,
- profitable,
- saving,
- high-powered.
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•
- thrive.
Other synonyms:
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- well-oiled,
- bookish,
- nifty,
- invaluable,
- well-worn,
- tireless,
- on-stream,
- hard-working,
- usefully,
- worthwhile,
- proven,
- functional,
- time-saving,
- functionally,
- well-run,
- industrious,
- constructive.
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- helpful,
- handily,
- meaningful,
- operable,
- online,
- operational,
- valuable,
- productive,
- purposeful,
- tailored,
- studious,
- effectively,
- wonky,
- general-purpose,
- Overworked.
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•
- working,
- sweetly,
- powerful,
- tailor-made,
- priceless.
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•
- deadly.
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•
- strong.
How to use "Efficient" in context?
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One of the first things you need to do when evaluating a potential candidate is to look at their CV. Evaluate their experience, skills, and abilities. By doing this, you can determine if they are a good fit for the job you are looking to fill.
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Equivalence
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Coordinating conjunction
effective.
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
effective.
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Adjective
effective, effectual, efficacious.
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Proper noun, singular
effective.
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Noun, singular or mass
effective, efficacious.
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Adverb
effective.
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Verb, past tense
effective.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
effective.
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Verb, base form
effective.
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Coordinating conjunction
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
cost-efficient, efficiently, fuel-efficient, high-efficiency, energy-efficiency, power-efficient, well-performing, eco-efficient.
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Proper noun, singular
efficiently.
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Adverb
efficiently.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
beneficial, competitive, consistent, constructive, convenient, diligent, expedient, expeditious, feasible, frugal, fruitful, helpful, high-performance, intelligent, lucrative, meaningful, optimal, optimum, potent, practical, proper, responsive, robust, satisfactory, sensible, smooth, speedy, strong, sufficient, suitable, transparent, workable, costeffective, energy-saving, high-yielding, high-performing, cost-effectively, energy-conscious, cost-efficiently.
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Noun, plural
efficiency, teeth, servants, successes, efficiencies.
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Noun, singular or mass
meaningful.
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Verb, past tense
Worked.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Determiner
effective, efficiency.
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Adjective
businesslike, economical, efficiency, functional, functioning, ineffective, intensive, operational, proficient, profitable, streamlined, thrifty, viable.
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Proper noun, singular
efficiency, efficiencies.
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Noun, singular or mass
efficiency, functioning.
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Interjection
effective.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
effective.
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Verb, base form
efficiency.
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Determiner
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