Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun efferent

1 sense of efferent

Sense 1
motor nerve, efferent nerve, efferent -- (a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands)
       => nerve, nervus -- (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)

Antonyms of adj efferent

1 sense of efferent

Sense 1
efferent (vs. afferent), motorial -- (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses")

afferent (vs. efferent) -- (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses")
        => centripetal, receptive, sensory (prenominal) -- (of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons")
        => corticoafferent, corticipetal -- (of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex)

Similarity of adj efferent

1 sense of efferent

Sense 1
efferent (vs. afferent), motorial -- (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses")
       => centrifugal, motor (prenominal) -- (conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves")
       => corticoefferent, corticofugal, corticifugal -- (of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex; "corticofugal discharges")
       => neuromotor -- (relating to a nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors; "neuromotor impulses")