Search Result：efficacious
efficacious 
(TTS Sound)
(TTS Sound)KK Pronunciation
〔 ˏєfәˋkeʃәs 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˏefiˊkeiʃәs 〕
Overview of adj efficacious
The adj efficacious has 2 senses
- efficacious -- (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")
- effective, effectual, efficacious -- (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")