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effectiveness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun effectiveness has 2 senses
- effectiveness(n = noun.attribute) effectivity, effectuality, effectualness - power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect; Array is a kind of power, powerfulness
- effectiveness(n = noun.attribute) potency, strength - capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks" is a kind of power, powerfulness
has particulars: incisiveness, trenchancy, efficaciousness, efficacy
Derived forms adjective effective2, adjective effective1, adjective effective3
Antonym: ineffectiveness
THESAURUS
effectiveness
acme, amperage, applicability, armipotence, authority, authorization, availability, be-all and end-all, beef, bite, bitingness, black power, blue ribbon, brute force, capability, championship, charge, charisma, clout, cogence, cogency, command, compulsion, control, cuttingness, dint, directorship, dominion, drive, duress, effect, effectuality, efficacy, efficiency, energy, first place, first prize, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, full blast, full force, functionality, guts, headship, hegemony, height, helpfulness, highest, imperium, impressiveness, incisiveness, influence, jurisdiction, kingship, leadership, lordship, main force, main strength, mana, management, mastership, mastery, maximum, might, might and main, mightiness, mordancy, most, moxie, muscle power, ne plus ultra, nervosity, nervousness, new high, operability, palms, paramountcy, performance, pizzazz, poignancy, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, practicability, practical utility, practicality, prepotency, presidency, primacy, productiveness, productivity, profitability, puissance, pull, punch, push, record, rule, say, serviceability, sinew, sinewiness, sovereignty, steam, strength, strong arm, strong language, superiority, superpower, supremacy, sway, top spot, trenchancy, usability, use, usefulness, utility, utilizability, validity, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigorousness, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, wattage, weight, zenith
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