Dictionary entry details
• COMPACT (noun)
Meaning:
A small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
compact; powder compact
Hypernyms ("compact" is a kind of...):
case (a portable container for carrying several objects)
Meaning:
A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
concordat; covenant; compact
Hypernyms ("compact" is a kind of...):
written agreement (a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties)
Instance hyponyms:
Lateran Treaty (the agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state)
Meaning:
A small and economical car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
compact car; compact
Hypernyms ("compact" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
• COMPACT (adjective)
Meaning:
Closely and firmly united or packed together
Context examples:
compact soil / compact clusters of flowers
Similar:
tight (packed closely together)
serried ((especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together)
packed (pressed together or compressed)
impacted; wedged (wedged or packed in together)
dough-like (resembling a mass of dough)
consolidated (forming a solid mass)
close-packed (packed especially tightly)
clay-like (resembling clay)
clayey; cloggy; heavy ((used of soil) compact and fine-grained)
Also:
concentrated (gathered together or made less diffuse)
Antonym:
loose (not compact or dense in structure or arrangement)
Meaning:
Having component parts closely crowded together
Synonyms:
thick; dense; compact
Context examples:
a compact shopping center / a dense population / thick crowds / a thick forest / thick hair
Similar:
concentrated (gathered together or made less diffuse)
Meaning:
Heavy and compact in form or stature
Synonyms:
heavyset; stocky; thickset; compact; thick
Context examples:
a wrestler of compact build / he was tall and heavyset / stocky legs / a thick middle-aged man / a thickset young man
Similar:
fat (having much flesh (especially fat))
Meaning:
Briefly giving the gist of something
Synonyms:
compendious; succinct; summary; compact
Context examples:
a short and compendious book / a compact style is brief and pithy / succinct comparisons / a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
Similar:
concise (expressing much in few words)
• COMPACT (verb)
Meaning:
Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
compact; pack
Context examples:
This powder compacts easily / Such odd-shaped items do not pack well
Hypernyms (to "compact" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s Adjective
Meaning:
Compress into a wad
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wad; compact; pack; bundle
Context example:
wad paper into the box
Hypernyms (to "compact" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compact"):
puddle (work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Make more compact by or as if by pressing
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
compress; pack together; compact
Context example:
compress the data
Hypernyms (to "compact" is one way to...):
force; squeeze; wedge (squeeze like a wedge into a tight space)
"Compact" entails doing...:
press (exert pressure or force to or upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compact"):
pack; tamp; tamp down (press down tightly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Squeeze or press together
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
constrict; compress; contract; compact; press; squeeze
Context examples:
she compressed her lips / the spasm contracted the muscle
Hypernyms (to "compact" is one way to...):
tighten (become tight or tighter)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compact"):
choke; scrag (wring the neck of)
choke; fret; gag (be too tight; rub or press)
bear down; overbear (contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery)
convulse (cause to contract)
convulse (contract involuntarily, as in a spasm)
strangulate (constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air)
astringe (constrict or bind or draw together)
prim (contract one's lips)
choke; strangle (constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
