effectively

The word “effectively” has 4 syllables: ef-fec-tive-ly

It's pronounced as /ɪˈfɛktɪvli/


What is synonym and antonym for effectively?

In the thesaurus, “effectively” has 53 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for effectively along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for effectively

  • OK
  • acceptably
  • adequately
  • all right
  • alright
  • appropriately
  • aptly
  • capably
  • cogently
  • completely
  • conclusively
  • congruously
  • correctly
  • creditably
  • decently
  • decorously
  • definitely
  • dramatically
  • effectually
  • efficaciously
  • efficiently
  • energetically
  • excellently
  • expertly
  • felicitously
  • finally
  • fine
  • fittingly
  • forcefully
  • good
  • gratifyingly
  • happily
  • meetly
  • middlingly
  • neatly
  • nicely
  • okay
  • passably
  • persuasively
  • productively
  • respectably
  • rightly
  • satisfactorily
  • satisfyingly
  • seemly
  • serviceably
  • so-so
  • sufficiently
  • suitably
  • tellingly
  • tidily
  • tolerably
  • well

Antonyms for effectively

  • awfully
  • bad
  • badly
  • deficiently
  • deplorably
  • disastrously
  • doubtfully
  • dreadfully
  • dubiously
  • horrendously
  • horribly
  • horridly
  • ill
  • inadequately
  • inappropriately
  • incorrectly
  • indecently
  • insufficiently
  • intolerably
  • miserably
  • poorly
  • terribly
  • unacceptably
  • unbearably
  • unsatisfactorily
  • unsuitably

Meanings of effectively

  • adverb
    1. In an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect.
    2. Essentially, in effect, for all practical purposes.

Example Sentences

  • By delegating tasks, she effectively managed her workload.
  • The new software streamlines processes, allowing employees to work more effectively.
  • He communicated his ideas effectively during the presentation, captivating the audience's attention.
  • The medication effectively reduces inflammation and pain.
  • Proper training can help athletes perform effectively under pressure.

On this page you'll find 79 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to effectively, such as: OK, acceptably, adequately, all right, alright, appropriately, aptly.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abominably

  • alack
  • alarmingly
  • alas
  • annoyingly
  • appallingly
  • awfully
  • awkwardly
  • ay
  • badly
  • blunderingly
  • carelessly
  • clumsily
  • crudely
  • defectively
  • disagreeably
  • disgustingly
  • distressingly
  • disturbingly
  • dreadfully
  • erroneously
  • faultily
  • feebly
  • haphazardly
  • horrendously
  • horribly
  • horridly
  • ill
  • imperfectly
  • incompetently
  • ineffectively
  • ineptly
  • irritatingly
  • lamentably
  • maladroitly
  • negligently
  • perturbingly
  • poorly
  • regrettably
  • sadly
  • shockingly
  • shoddily
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  • stupidly
  • terribly
  • tragically
  • traumatically
  • unfavorably
  • unfortunately
  • unhappily
  • unluckily
  • unpleasantly
  • unsatisfactorily
  • unsettlingly
  • unskillfully
  • unsuccessfully
  • vexingly
  • vilely
  • weakly
  • wirra
  • woe
  • wrong
  • wrongly

acceptably

  • OK
  • abundantly
  • adequately
  • admirably
  • admissibly
  • agreeably
  • all right
  • alright
  • amiably
  • amply
  • appropriately
  • aptly
  • attractively
  • averagely
  • barely
  • beautifully
  • becomingly
  • befittingly
  • bountifully
  • capably
  • capaciously
  • charmingly
  • commensurately
  • competently
  • completely
  • congruously
  • copiously
  • correctly
  • creditably
  • decently
  • decorously
  • desirably
  • distinctively
  • effectively
  • effectually
  • efficiently
  • enjoyably
  • enough
  • excellently
  • extensively
  • fairly
  • fairly well
  • felicitously
  • fine
  • finely
  • fittingly
  • generously
  • good
  • graciously
  • gratifyingly
  • greatly
  • happily
  • lavishly
  • liberally
  • meetly
  • middlingly
  • moderately
  • modestly
  • neatly
  • nicely
  • okay
  • passably
  • perfectly
  • pleasantly
  • pleasantly enough
  • pleasingly
  • pleasurably
  • plenteously
  • plentifully
  • presentably
  • profusely
  • properly
  • proportionately
  • rather
  • reasonably
  • respectably
  • richly
  • rightly
  • satisfactorily
  • satisfyingly
  • seemly
  • serviceably
  • so-so
  • substantially
  • sufficiently
  • suitably
  • thoroughly
  • tidily
  • to an acceptable degree
  • tolerably
  • triumphantly
  • unobjectionably
  • well
  • well enough
  • winningly

badly

  • a lot
  • abominably
  • absolutely
  • abundantly
  • abysmally
  • achingly
  • acutely
  • almighty
  • altogether
  • amazingly
  • appreciably
  • archly
  • as all get-out
  • astonishingly
  • astronomically
  • atrociously
  • awful
  • awfully
  • awkwardly
  • bad
  • beastly
  • blisteringly
  • blunderingly
  • bone
  • carelessly
  • clumsily
  • colossally
  • completely
  • considerably
  • corking
  • cracking
  • criminally
  • crudely
  • damn
  • damnably
  • damned
  • dang
  • deadly
  • deeply
  • defectively
  • deficiently
  • deplorably
  • desperately
  • detestably
  • disastrously
  • discernibly
  • downright
  • dreadfully
  • egregiously
  • eminently
  • enormously
  • entirely
  • erroneously
  • especially
  • ever
  • evilly
  • exceeding
  • exceedingly
  • exceptionally
  • excessively
  • execrably
  • extensively
  • extra
  • extremely
  • fabulously
  • fantastically
  • far
  • faultily
  • feebly
  • fiercely
  • filthy
  • flagrantly
  • flat-out
  • frightfully
  • full
  • fully
  • good and
  • grandly
  • gravely
  • greatly
  • grossly
  • haphazardly
  • hard
  • heavily
  • highly
  • horrendously
  • horribly
  • horrifically
  • hugely
  • immensely
  • imperfectly
  • improperly
  • inadequately
  • inappropriately
  • incompetently
  • incorrectly
  • incredibly
  • indecently
  • ineffectively
  • ineptly
  • inferiorly
  • insufficiently
  • intensely
  • intolerably
  • jolly
  • lousily
  • majorly
  • maladroitly
  • markedly
  • meagerly
  • meanly
  • mightily
  • mighty
  • miserably
  • monstrous
  • monstrously
  • monumentally
  • mortally
  • most
  • much
  • naughtily
  • negligently
  • niggardly
  • notably
  • noticeably
  • obscenely
  • obviously
  • odiously
  • overmuch
  • painfully
  • palpably
  • particularly
  • passing
  • plainly
  • plentifully
  • poorly
  • positively
  • profoundly
  • purely
  • radically
  • rattling
  • real
  • really
  • remarkably
  • reprehensibly
  • right
  • roaring
  • roaringly
  • rottenly
  • roughly
  • scantily
  • scantly
  • seriously
  • severely
  • shabbily
  • shamefully
  • shoddily
  • significantly
  • skimpily
  • sleazily
  • so
  • sore
  • sorely
  • spanking
  • sparely
  • specially
  • staggeringly
  • stingily
  • stinking
  • stupidly
  • substantially
  • such
  • super
  • supremely
  • surpassingly
  • terribly
  • that
  • thoroughly
  • thumping
  • too
  • totally
  • trashily
  • unacceptably
  • unbearably
  • unco
  • uncommonly
  • unethically
  • unfavorably
  • unfortunately
  • unsatisfactorily
  • unskillfully
  • unspeakably
  • unsuccessfully
  • unsuitably
  • utterly
  • vastly
  • very
  • vilely
  • visibly
  • vitally
  • vulgarly
  • way
  • weakly
  • whacking
  • wholly
  • wicked
  • wickedly
  • wildly
  • wretchedly
  • wrong
  • wrongly

decently

  • OK
  • abundantly
  • acceptably
  • accurately
  • adequately
  • admissibly
  • all right
  • alright
  • amply
  • appropriately
  • aptly
  • averagely
  • barely
  • befittingly
  • beneficently
  • benevolently
  • benignly
  • candidly
  • capably
  • charitably
  • commensurately
  • competently
  • congruously
  • conscientiously
  • copiously
  • correctly
  • creditably
  • decorously
  • dispassionately
  • duly
  • duteously
  • dutifully
  • effectively
  • effectually
  • efficiently
  • equally
  • equitably
  • ethically
  • evenhandedly
  • evenly
  • fairly
  • fairly well
  • felicitously
  • fine
  • fitly
  • fittingly
  • frankly
  • good
  • gratifyingly
  • happily
  • helpfully
  • honestly
  • honorably
  • impartially
  • justly
  • laudably
  • lawfully
  • legally
  • legitimately
  • meetly
  • middlingly
  • moderately
  • modestly
  • morally
  • neatly
  • nicely
  • objectively
  • okay
  • passably
  • perfectly
  • piously
  • pleasantly enough
  • precisely
  • presentably
  • properly
  • proportionately
  • rather
  • reasonably
  • reliably
  • respectably
  • righteously
  • rightfully
  • rightly
  • satisfactorily
  • satisfyingly
  • scrupulously
  • seemly
  • serviceably
  • sincerely
  • so-so
  • squarely
  • straightforwardly
  • sufficiently
  • suitably
  • temperately
  • tidily
  • to a T
  • to an acceptable degree
  • tolerably
  • tolerantly
  • trustworthily
  • truthfully
  • unreservedly
  • uprightly
  • virtuously
  • well
  • well enough
  • without bias
  • without prejudice

effectually

  • OK
  • acceptably
  • adequately
  • advantageously
  • all right
  • alright
  • appropriately
  • aptly
  • around
  • as good as
  • basically
  • beneficially
  • capably
  • cogently
  • completely
  • conclusively
  • congruously
  • correctly
  • creditably
  • decently
  • decorously
  • definitely
  • dramatically
  • effectively
  • efficaciously
  • efficiently
  • energetically
  • essentially
  • excellently
  • expertly
  • favorably
  • felicitously
  • finally
  • fine
  • fittingly
  • for all intents and purposes
  • forcefully
  • fundamentally
  • gainfully
  • give or take a little
  • good
  • gratifyingly
  • guesstimate
  • happily
  • implicitly
  • in all but name
  • in effect
  • in essence
  • in substance
  • in the ballpark
  • in the neighborhood
  • meetly
  • middlingly
  • morally
  • nearly
  • neatly
  • nicely
  • not absolutely
  • not actually
  • okay
  • passably
  • persuasively
  • practically
  • productively
  • prosperously
  • remuneratively
  • respectably
  • rightly
  • satisfactorily
  • satisfyingly
  • seemly
  • serviceably
  • so-so
  • something like
  • successfully
  • sufficiently
  • suitably
  • sustainingly
  • tellingly
  • tidily
  • tolerably
  • upwards of
  • usefully
  • well

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