Efficient

Adjective

 * 1) Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra.  Especially, making good use of time or energy.
 * An efficient process would automate all the routine work.
 * 1) Using a particular proportion of available energy.
 * The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature.

Antonyms

 * inefficient

Related terms

 * effect
 * effective
 * effectiveness
 * effectivity
 * effector
 * effectual
 * effectuate
 * efficacious
 * efficacity
 * efficacy
 * efficiency
 * subefficient
 * subefficiency

Adverbs for Efficient
remarkably; unusually; obviously; busily; incredibly; completely; sensibly; wisely; officiously; pleasantly; gracefully; politely; irritatingly; ostentatiously; horribly; satisfactorily; skilfully; expertly; cleverly; adroitly; ingeniously; shrewdly; ably; invaluably; surprisingly; unbelievably; uncommonly.

Thesaurus
able, active, adequate, au fait, banausic, capable, competent, economic, effective, effectual, efficacious, equal to, feasible, fit, fitted, fitted for, functional, go, journeyman, operable, operational, operative, practicable, practical, pragmatic, productive, proficient, qualified, realizable, suited, thrifty, unwasteful, up to, up to snuff, well-fitted, well-qualified, well-suited, workable, worthy

Etymology
1398, "making," from Latin efficientem (nominative efficiens), preposition of efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect). Meaning "productive, skilled" is from 1787. Efficiency apartment is first recorded 1930, American English.

Translations

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 * Hungarian: gazdaságos, hatékony
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 * : eficiente