| Noun | 1. | compact - a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's pursecase - a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" | |
| 2. | compact - a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some actionLateran 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 | |
| 3. | compact - a small and economical car | |
| Verb | 1. | compact - have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 2. | compact - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" compact, pack - have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" puddle - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud | |
| 3. | compact - make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"wedge, squeeze, force - squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" tamp, tamp down, pack - press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" | |
| 4. | compact - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"choke, strangle - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing prim - contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food" tighten - become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened" astringe - constrict or bind or draw together; "Lemon juice astringes the tissue in the mouth" strangulate - constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air convulse - contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; "The muscles in her face convulsed" convulse - cause to contract; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles" bear down, overbear - contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery choke, gag, fret - be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" scrag, choke - wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" | |
| Adj. | 1. | compact - closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"concentrated - gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore" loose - not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel" | |
| 2. | compact - closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"concentrated - gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore" | |
| 3. | compact - 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"fat - having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" | |
| 4. | compact - 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"concise - expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation" | |