efficaciousness

Ability to work

The quality of being effective in producing a desired result.

Efficaciousness is the noun form of efficacious, carrying the same meaning as efficacy but with a more cumbersome construction.

Writers generally prefer efficacy: the efficacy of the vaccine sounds more natural than the efficaciousness of the vaccine.

effectiveness

results

What follows from effort

achievement · performance · utility · usefulness · improvement · advancement · progress · optimization · reliability · precision

potency

powerful

Having great strength

forceful · dynamic · vigorous · intense · robust · compelling · persuasive · convincing · decisive · concentrated

benefit

advantage

Favorable position or circumstance

  • gainPositive return received
  • valueImportance or price
  • profitGain exceeding expenditure

enhancement · merit · reward · boon · asset · helpfulness · return · dividend · bonus · worth

capability

competence

Adequate ability to function

expertise · skillfulness · prowess · acumen · readiness · facility · ability · adequacy · sufficiency · fitness

productivity

output

What something generates

prolificacy · industriousness · production · optimization · performance · workrate · returns · deliverables · accomplishment · attainment

Opposites
effectiveness and capability

efficaciousnessineffectiveness

Failure to achieve results

inefficacy · ineffectualness · ineffectuality · uselessness · futility

potency and power

efficaciousnessimpotence

Lack of strength or power

powerlessness · weakness · feebleness · inertness · toothlessness

intention vs. result

efficaciousnessfutility

Lack of purpose

vanity · pointlessness · fruitlessness · empty gesture · wishful thinking

Family

effect, effective, efficiency, efficient, effectiveness, efficacy, effectual, efficacious, effectuate

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