Dictionary Entry
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
- 1participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective
Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
- 2participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective
Composed or made; -- with of.
- 3participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective
Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
- 4participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective
Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.
- 5transitive verb
To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.
- 6transitive verb
To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
- 7noun
An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
- 8noun
a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- 9noun
a small and economical car
- 10noun
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- 11verb
squeeze or press together
"she compressed her lips"
"the spasm contracted the muscle"
- 12verb
make more compact by or as if by pressing
"compress the data"
Synonyms
- 13verb
compress into a wad
"wad paper into the box"
- 14verb
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
"This powder compacts easily"
"Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
Synonyms
- 15adjective
closely and firmly united or packed together
"compact soil"
"compact clusters of flowers"
- 16adjective
briefly giving the gist of something
"a short and compendious book"
"a compact style is brief and pithy"
Synonyms
- 17adjective
having a short and solid form or stature
"a wrestler of compact build"
"he was tall and heavyset"
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