Synonyms for efficiency
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Studio apartment — A one-room apartment
2. Effectiveness
effectiveness, competence, efficacy, capability, capacity, usefulness, ability, ingenuity, skill, readiness, cleverness, genius, faculty, ingeniousness rare
Other
parsimony, sparingness rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A one-room apartment.
fully-furnished efficiencies
- n. 2
The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
Related words
- Word family
- effect effective effectiveness effectivity effectual effectuate efficacious efficacity
- Phrases
- efficiency apartment
Forms
- Plural
- efficiencies → bed-sitters, effectivenesses, competences, efficacies…
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Efficiency is active power to effect a definite result, the power that actually does, as distinguished from that which may do.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- effectiveness Don't doubt the effectiveness of this medicine.
- competence Ted doesn't have the competence to teach English.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| efficiency | falling | |
| effectiveness | steady | |
| competence | steady | |
| parsimony | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- skill1
- 6 letters
- genius2
- 7 letters
- ability4, faculty3
- 8 letters
- capacity4, efficacy4
- 9 letters
- readiness3, ingenuity5, parsimony4
- 10 letters
- capability5, competence3, usefulness3, cleverness3
- 11 letters
- sparingness
- 13 letters
- effectiveness4, ingeniousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (genius2 = 2 syllables).