Definition of Efficacious

Adjective

  • producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
    "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford
    "effective teaching methods"
    "effective steps toward peace"
    "made an effective entrance"
    "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"
    "an efficacious law"
  • marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
    "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley
    "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"
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Unscramble efficacious

173 unscramble word found using the letters efficacious.

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