EFFICIENCY Synonyms

• skillful performance or ability without difficulty

• the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

• the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

• an aptitude that may be developed

• the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

• adroitness in using the hands

• power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

• capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

• capacity or power to produce a desired effect

• the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

• (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs

• forceful exertion

• enterprising or ambitious drive

• an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

• any source of usable power

• final product; the things produced

• production of a certain amount

• signal that comes out of an electronic system

• the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

• what is produced in a given time period

• to create or manufacture a specific amount

• a dramatic or musical entertainment

• the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment

• the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

• any recognized accomplishment

• process or manner of functioning or operating

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions

• capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

• the inherent capacity for coming into being

• the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse

• possession of controlling influence

• (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

• possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

• (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

• physical strength

• a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

• energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor

• a very wealthy or powerful businessman

• supply the force or power for the functioning of

• the quality of being productive or having the power to produce

• (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

• the quality of having great facility and competence

• skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

• the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation

• the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

• the state of being cognitively skillful

• the property of being physically or mentally strong

• capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war

• physical energy or intensity

• an asset of special worth or utility

• the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty

• the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

• capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

• the condition of financial success

• permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force

• a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing)

• a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom