'Effectual' definitions:
Definition of 'effectual'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: effective, effectual, efficacious] [ant: ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective]
adjective
Definition of 'Effectual'
From: GCIDE
- Effectual \Ef*fec"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [See Effect, n.] Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Effectual calling (Theol.), a doctrine concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in producing conviction of sin and acceptance of salvation by Christ, -- one of the five points of Calvinism. See Calvinism.
- Syn: Effectual, Efficacious, Effective.
- Usage: An efficacious remedy is had recourse to, and proves effective if it does decided good, effectual if it does all the good desired. --C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'effectual'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able,
- achieving,
- active,
- actual,
- adequate,
- ascertained,
- attested,
- authenticated,
- authoritative,
- banausic,
- behind the scenes,
- binding,
- capable,
- categorically true,
- causal,
- causative,
- certain,
- certified,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- competent,
- conclusive,
- confirmed,
- consequential,
- constitutive,
- corroborated,
- decisive,
- demonstrated,
- determinative,
- determined,
- documentary,
- effective,
- efficacious,
- efficient,
- enchanting,
- equal to,
- established,
- estimable,
- etiological,
- factual,
- feasible,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- formative,
- fulfilling,
- functional,
- go,
- historical,
- important,
- in force,
- influential,
- institutive,
- lawful,
- legal,
- magnetic,
- momentous,
- not in error,
- objectively true,
- occasional,
- operable,
- operational,
- operative,
- originative,
- personable,
- persuasive,
- pivotal,
- potent,
- powerful,
- practicable,
- practical,
- pragmatic,
- prestigious,
- productive,
- proficient,
- proved,
- real,
- realizable,
- reputable,
- sound,
- strong,
- suasive,
- substantial,
- substantiated,
- sure-enough,
- telling,
- toothy,
- true,
- true as gospel,
- truthful,
- unconfuted,
- undenied,
- undoubted,
- unerroneous,
- unfallacious,
- unfalse,
- unmistaken,
- unquestionable,
- unrefuted,
- up to,
- useful,
- valid,
- validated,
- veracious,
- verified,
- veritable,
- weighty,
- winning,
- workable