cost-effective

1. 1.

   productive relative to the cost

   Synonymscost-efficient

   Similarefficient

Questions about cost-effective

What does cost-effective mean?

cost-effective means "productive relative to the cost".

How many syllables are in cost-effective?

cost-effective has 4 syllables: co-st-ef-fec-tive. The stress falls on "st-ef".

What is another word for cost-effective?

Close synonyms include cost-efficient. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cost-effective a common word?