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Defenition of the word compact

    • Defenition of the word compact

      • Consisting of components very close to each other.
      • closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"
      • a small and economical car
      • closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"
      • heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man"
      • a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
      • briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
      • make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
      • squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"
      • a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
      • compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
      • a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman''s purse
      • squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
      • have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
      • squeeze or press together
      • make more compact by or as if by pressing
      • compress into a wad
      • have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
      • closely and firmly united or packed together
      • briefly giving the gist of something
      • having a short and solid form or stature

    Synonyms for the word compact

      • bundle
      • compact car
      • compendious
      • compress
      • concordat
      • constrict
      • contract
      • covenant
      • dense
      • heavyset
      • pack
      • pack together
      • powder compact
      • press
      • squeeze
      • stocky
      • succinct
      • summary
      • thick
      • thickset
      • wad

    Similar words in the compact

      • bundle off
      • clayey
      • cloggy
      • close-packed
      • concentrated
      • concise
      • consolidated
      • fat
      • heavy
      • impacted
      • packed
      • serried
      • tight
      • wedged

    Hyponyms for the word compact

      • astringe
      • bear down
      • choke
      • convulse
      • fret
      • gag
      • Lateran Treaty
      • overbear
      • pack
      • prim
      • puddle
      • scrag
      • strangle
      • strangulate
      • tamp
      • tamp down

    Hypernyms for the word compact

      • arrange
      • auto
      • automobile
      • be
      • car
      • case
      • force
      • machine
      • motorcar
      • set up
      • squeeze
      • tighten
      • wedge
      • written agreement

    Antonyms for the word compact

      • decompress
      • loose
      • uncompress

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