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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'compact'

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1. (noun) compact, powder compact
a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
Synonyms: powder compact, covenant, compact, concordat, compact car
Antonyms: shifting, silty, tall, light, loose, unfirm, prolix, unconsolidated

2. (noun) covenant, compact, concordat
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
Synonyms: powder compact, compact, covenant, concordat, compact car
Antonyms: silty, tall, unfirm, light, prolix, loose, unconsolidated, shifting

3. (adj) compact, compact car
a small and economical car
Synonyms: powder compact, covenant, compact, concordat, compact car
Antonyms: unconsolidated, shifting, tall, unfirm, light, silty, loose, prolix

4. (adj) compact
closely and firmly united or packed together
Synonyms: succinct, thickset, summary, heavyset, compendious, thick, stocky
Antonyms: shifting, silty, unfirm, prolix, loose, light, unconsolidated, tall

5. (adj) compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset
having a short and solid form or stature
Synonyms: dense, duncical, duncish, wooden-headed, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, summary, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, compact, stocky, succinct, compendious, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), fatheaded, thick, slurred
Antonyms: unconsolidated, light, unfirm, silty, loose, shifting, tall, prolix

6. (verb) compendious, compact, succinct, summary
briefly giving the gist of something
Synonyms: stocky, succinct, compact, thickset, thick, summary, heavyset, drumhead, compendious
Antonyms: silty, tall, shifting, unfirm, light, prolix, loose, unconsolidated

7. (verb) compact, pack
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
Synonyms: mob, wad, pile, backpack, constrict, pack, press, carry, load down, tamp, tamp down, bundle, pack together, squeeze, compress, contract, take, throng, jam, compact
Antonyms: unfirm, prolix, loose, tall, silty, shifting, unconsolidated, light

8. (verb) pack, bundle, wad, compact
compress into a wad
Synonyms: mob, wad, pile, cluster, backpack, bunch up, jampack, pack together, pack, press, bunch, bundle up, ram, tamp, clump, roll up, load down, tamp down, bundle, chock up, throng, contract, take, carry, squeeze, cram, constrict, practice bundling, compress, jam, compact
Antonyms: prolix, tall, light, silty, unconsolidated, loose, shifting, unfirm

9. (verb) compress, compact, pack together
make more compact by or as if by pressing
Synonyms: bundle, press, squeeze, pack, compact, contract, pack together, wad, compress, constrict
Antonyms: silty, unfirm, unconsolidated, shifting, prolix, light, loose, tall

10. (verb) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
squeeze or press together
Synonyms: fight, adjure, weigh, pressure, crush, narrow, thrust, get, rack, cut, pack together, foreshorten, undertake, hale, press, twitch, pack, gouge, tweet, embrace, bundle, agitate, force, pinch, shove, weight-lift, sign up, sign on, twinge, compress, urge, hug, shrink, concentrate, campaign, sign, abridge, reduce, take, condense, contract, iron, crusade, extort, stuff, urge on, squeeze, beseech, squash, compact, constringe, exhort, wring, mash, coerce, wad, bid, push, bosom, wedge, entreat, shorten, squelch, abbreviate, conjure, constrict, press out, weightlift, iron out
Antonyms: prolix, silty, shifting, loose, tall, unconsolidated, unfirm, light

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'compact'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. compact
Alliance is in its most common use a connection formed by treaty between sovereign states as for mutual aid in war. Partnership is a mercantile word; alliance chiefly political or matrimonial.
Synonyms: alliance, coalition, confederation, fusion, partnership, compact, federation, league, union, confederacy
Antonyms: antagonism, disunion, enmity, schism, separation, discord, divorce, hostility, secession, war

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