Synonyms of operant

operant

adjective

as in efficient

Synonyms & Similar Words

• efficient
• efficacious
• effectual
• expedient
• effective
• ultraefficient
• beneficial
• successful
• profitable
• worthwhile
• useful
• helpful
• productive
• availing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ineffective
• inefficient
• counterproductive
• ineffectual
• inexpedient
• unsuccessful
• useless
• worthless
• unprofitable
• futile
• nonproductive
• inefficacious
• feckless
• unproductive
• abortive
• unavailing
• pointless
• fruitless
• hamstrung
• profitless
• bootless

Examples of operant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Researchers then had both groups compete against pain-free mice in a standard motivational test called a progressive ratio (PR) operant test, in which tasty treats become progressively harder to earn. —Ben Thomas, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2014

The current study investigated domestic cat preferences at the individual and population level using a free operant preference assessment. —Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2017

Bradfield probably could have parlayed that success into some sort of cushy position with Burnett, but his operant mode was reinvention. —Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2022

As such, mobile games have developed into monsters psychologically tuned to rip thousands out of players vulnerable enough to be operant conditioned into a game addiction. —Clem Chambers, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021