efficiency

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
2. (countable, uncountable) The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
3. (countable, uncountable) The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
4. (countable, dated, uncountable) The quality of producing an effect or effects.
5. (US, countable, uncountable) A one-room apartment.

Opposite of

inefficiency, wastefulness

Synonyms

effectiveness

performance

efficacy

ability

productivity

skill

capability

output

competence

proficiency

capacity

production

merit

work load

effectivity

power

effect

activity

benefit

capableness

effectuality

effectualness

efficaciousness

energy

productiveness

profitability

prowess

usefulness

degree of efficiency

working capacity

experience

expertise

expertness

faculty

fitness

fitness for work

force

form

goodness

knack

mastery

deftness

operation

cost effectiveness

competency

potencies

potentiality

calibre

predisposition

caliber

Translations

efficacité

efficienza

rendement

eficiência

eficacia

Effizienz

Wirkungsgrad

eficiencia

Leistungsfähigkeit

Wirksamkeit

efficience

كفاءة

efficacia

eficácia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈfɪʃn̩si/

Etymology

From Latin efficientia, equivalent to efficient + -cy.