efficiency

The word “efficiency” has 3 syllables: ef-fi-ciency

It's pronounced as /ɪˈfɪʃənsi/


What is synonym and antonym for efficiency?

In the thesaurus, “efficiency” has 43 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for efficiency

Antonyms for efficiency

  • helplessness
  • idleness
  • ignorance
  • impotence
  • inability
  • inadequacy
  • inadequateness
  • incapability
  • incapacity
  • incompetence
  • incompetency
  • ineffectiveness
  • ineffectuality
  • ineffectualness
  • inefficiency
  • ineptness
  • lack
  • weakness

Meanings of efficiency

  • noun
    1. The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.
    2. The quality of producing an effect or effects.
    3. The extent to which a resource, such as electricity, is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.
    4. A one-room apartment.

Example Sentences

  • The factory implemented new processes to improve efficiency and reduce production costs.
  • Energy-saving appliances are designed to increase household efficiency and lower electricity bills.
  • Time management is crucial for maintaining efficiency in a fast-paced work environment.
  • Public transportation promotes environmental sustainability and efficiency in urban areas.
  • The company's success is attributed to its commitment to innovation and efficiency in operations.

On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to efficiency, such as: ability, abundance, adaptability, address, adequacy, capability, capableness.

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

Related Words

efficacity

edge

  • ability
  • acerbity
  • acidity
  • acidness
  • acridity
  • acridness
  • acrimoniousness
  • acrimony
  • acuteness
  • advantage
  • allowance
  • ambit
  • ascendancy
  • ascendency
  • asperity
  • benefit
  • berm
  • better
  • bind
  • bite
  • bitterness
  • blessing
  • boon
  • border
  • borderland
  • borderline
  • bound
  • boundary
  • break
  • brim
  • brink
  • bulge
  • capability
  • capacity
  • catbird seat
  • cattiness
  • ceiling
  • check
  • circle
  • circumference
  • circumscribe
  • coign of vantage
  • command
  • compass
  • confine
  • confines
  • contour
  • control
  • corner
  • creep
  • crest
  • curb
  • cusp
  • decorate
  • define
  • delineate
  • demarcate
  • demarcation
  • dominance
  • draw
  • drop
  • ease
  • edging
  • effectiveness
  • effectualness
  • efficaciousness
  • efficacity
  • efficacy
  • efficiency
  • encircle
  • enclose
  • end
  • environ
  • extent
  • extremity
  • felicity
  • file
  • foothold
  • frame
  • fringe
  • frontier
  • ginger
  • girdle
  • girth
  • godsend
  • grind
  • harshness
  • head start
  • hem
  • high ground
  • hone
  • inch
  • inclose
  • infiltrate
  • inside track
  • jump
  • keenness
  • lap
  • lead
  • ledge
  • leg up
  • limit
  • limitation
  • line
  • lip
  • loop
  • maliciousness
  • manna
  • march
  • margin
  • mastery
  • maximum
  • measure
  • mere
  • molding
  • mouth
  • nick
  • nose out
  • odds
  • opportunity
  • outline
  • outskirt
  • outskirts
  • pale
  • perimeter
  • periphery
  • poignance
  • poignancy
  • point
  • pointedness
  • polish
  • portal
  • potency
  • precedence
  • predominance
  • preference
  • prerogative
  • privilege
  • productiveness
  • puissance
  • pull
  • punch
  • pungency
  • raucousness
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • restriction
  • rim
  • ring
  • roughness
  • round
  • selvage
  • seniority
  • severeness
  • severity
  • shape
  • sharpen
  • sharpness
  • shore
  • shrillness
  • side
  • sidle
  • silhouette
  • sketch
  • skirt
  • skirting
  • slip by
  • slip past
  • spice
  • split
  • squeeze by
  • squeeze past
  • start
  • stead
  • steal
  • stone
  • strand
  • strength
  • strop
  • superiority
  • supremacy
  • surround
  • tang
  • tartness
  • term
  • termination
  • thorniness
  • threshold
  • trace
  • transcendence
  • transcendency
  • trim
  • trimming
  • upper hand
  • vantage
  • verge
  • virulence
  • vitriol
  • wall
  • whet
  • whip hand
  • windfall
  • worm

efficacy

facility

  • accommodation
  • address
  • adroitness
  • advantage
  • aid
  • amenity
  • appliance
  • aptitude
  • bent
  • building
  • business
  • comfort
  • company
  • competence
  • complex
  • concern
  • dexterity
  • edifice
  • efficiency
  • effortlessness
  • equipment
  • establishment
  • expertness
  • fitting
  • fluency
  • installation
  • institute
  • institution
  • knack
  • leaning
  • lightness
  • material
  • means
  • opportunity
  • outfit
  • poise
  • proficiency
  • propensity
  • quickness
  • readiness
  • resource
  • skill
  • skillfulness
  • smooth sailing
  • smoothness
  • spontaneity
  • tact
  • tool
  • turn
  • wit

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