compact

compact is a 7-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
2. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective. Composed or made; -- with of.
3. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective. Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
4. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.
5. transitive verb. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.
6. transitive verb. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
7. noun. An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
8. noun. a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
9. noun. a small and economical car
10. noun. a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

    Synonyms: concordat, covenant

11. verb. squeeze or press together

    "she compressed her lips"

    "the spasm contracted the muscle"

    Synonyms: compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze

12. verb. make more compact by or as if by pressing

    "compress the data"

    Synonyms: compress

13. verb. compress into a wad

    "wad paper into the box"

    Synonyms: bundle, pack, wad

14. verb. have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

    "This powder compacts easily"

    "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"

    Synonyms: pack

15. adjective. closely and firmly united or packed together

    "compact soil"

    "compact clusters of flowers"

16. adjective. briefly giving the gist of something

    "a short and compendious book"

    "a compact style is brief and pithy"

    Synonyms: compendious, succinct, summary

17. adjective. having a short and solid form or stature

    "a wrestler of compact build"

    "he was tall and heavyset"

    Synonyms: heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset

Synonyms

concordat, covenant, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze, bundle, pack, wad, compendious, succinct, summary, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in compact:

accompt

Common word forms

compacts, compacted, compacter, compactly, compactest, compacting, compactable, compactness

Words from these letters

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