Efficiency

Noun

 * 1) The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.
 * The efficiency of the planning department is deplorable.
 * 1) The extent to which a resource, such as electricity, is used for the intended purpose.
 * The efficiency of this loudspeaker is 40%.
 * 1) A one-room apartment.
 * I have an efficiency available June through July.
 * Fully-furnished efficiencies

Antonyms

 * inefficiency
 * wastefulness

Derived terms

 * energy efficiency
 * material efficiency
 * fuel efficiency
 * efficiency ratio
 * business efficiency
 * quantum efficiency
 * electrical efficiency
 * thermal efficiency
 * algorithmic efficiency
 * Pareto efficiency
 * allocative efficiency

Related terms

 * effect
 * effective
 * effectiveness
 * effectivity
 * effector
 * effectual
 * effectuate
 * efficacious
 * efficacity
 * efficacy
 * efficient
 * efficiently

Synonyms

 * effectiveness

Adjectives for Efficiency
calm; bustling; normal; productive; awkward; chaotic; devastating; vaunted; pedagogical; modest; maximum; extreme; technical; superior; industrial; impaired; top; outstanding; administrative; dreadful; physical; individual; creative; working; up-to-date; antiseptic; defensive; stolid; executive; incredible; added; increased; slender; swift; cleansing; expanding.

Verbs for Efficiency
achieve—; admit—; assimilate—; demand—; destroy—; discharge with—; display—; effect—; enforce—; exhibit—; impair—; increase—; lack—; prove—; rate—; weaken—; —produces; —promotes; —saves.

Thesaurus
ability, able, ableness, address, adept, adeptness, adequacy, adroitness, airmanship, applicability, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, availability, bravura, brilliance, caliber, capability, capable, capableness, capacity, cleverness, command, competence, competent, control, coordination, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, effectiveness, effectual, efficacious, efficaciousness, efficacy, efficient, experience, expert, expertise, expertness, facility, faculty, finesse, fitness, fitted, flair, functionality, genius, grace, grip, handiness, helpfulness, horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity, know-how, marksmanship, masterly, mastership, mastery, operability, performance, potency, practicability, practical ability, practical utility, practicality, productivity, proficiency, proficient, profitability, prowess, qualification, qualified, quickness, readiness, resource, resourcefulness, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, serviceability, skill, skilled, skillful, skillfulness, style, sufficiency, susceptibility, tact, tactfulness, talent, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, the goods, the stuff, timing, usability, use, usefulness, utility, utilizability, virtuosity, virtuous, what it takes, wit, wizardry, workmanship

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 效能
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:
 * Nepali: sashakta
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: efektívnosť


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 效能
 * Czech:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:


 * : كفاءة


 * Sorani: لێهاتووی, کارایی
 * : eficiência
 * : Verimlilik
 * : eficiência
 * : Verimlilik
 * : Verimlilik