English > effectiveness: 2 senses > noun 1, attribute| Meaning | Power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect. |
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| Synonyms | effectivity, effectualness, effectuality |
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| Attributes | effective, effectual, efficacious | producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect |
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| ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual | not producing an intended effect |
| Narrower | efficacy, efficaciousness | Capacity or power to produce a desired effect |
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| incisiveness, trenchancy | keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect |
| Broader | power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence |
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| Opposite | ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, ineffectuality | lacking the power to be effective |
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| Spanish | efectividad, eficacia |
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| Catalan | efectivitat, eficàcia |
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| Adjectives | effective | producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect |
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| effective | able to accomplish a purpose |
| effective | works well as a means or remedy / remedy |
