effective
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Sense: Adjective: producing an effect
Synonyms:
efficient Collocations, efficacious, effectual, useful Collocations, productive, fruitful Collocations, constructive, impactful, capable Collocations, competent Collocations, valid Collocations, worthwhile Collocations, good Collocations
Antonyms:
ineffective, useless Collocations, impractical, ineffectual, inefficient, unproductive, inoperative, inactive, helpless Collocations, incapable, impotent, incompetent, worthless Collocations, weak Collocations, uncompelling, unconvincing, unpersuasive
Sense: Adjective: persuasive
Synonyms:
persuasive, compelling Collocations, convincing, cogent, strong Collocations, powerful Collocations, forceful, potent, punchy, impactful, striking Collocations
Sense: Adjective: actual
Synonyms:
actual Collocations, real Collocations, true Collocations, genuine Collocations, factual Collocations, de facto, in actual fact, in fact, practical Collocations