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compactadjective having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressurea mattress with a compact foam core firm, hard, rigid, solid, stiff, unyielding case-hardened, compacted, compressed, hardened, indurated, stiffened, temperedclose, dense, heavy, thick, thicksetinelastic, inflexible, ramrod, unbendingcompressed, condensedadamantine, rocklikesturdy, substantialimpenetrable, impermeable, nonporous flabby, soft, spongy, squashy, squishy loose, scattered, thinbendable, elastic, flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant, suppledroopy, flaccid, floppy, lank, limp, slackairy, lightpermeable, porousultrasoft having little space between items or partscompact soil that should provide good support for the plant close, crowded, dense, jam-packed, packed, serried, thick, tight crammed, jammed, overcrowdedcrushed, massed, pressed, squeezed, wall-to-wallairtight, snugcompacted, compressed, condensed, congestedfirm, hard, solidimpenetrable, impermeable, impervious airy, loose, open, uncrowded commodious, roomy, spacious marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaningcompact prose without a single wasted word aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, elliptical(or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail abrupt, blunt, brusque(also brusk), short, snippety, snippyabbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortenedmeaty, substantialmeaningful, significantwell-turned circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy pleonastic, redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologousenlarged, expanded, supplementedembellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated compactnouna formal agreement between two or more nations or peoplesa five-nation compact to control drug traffic accord, alliance, convention, covenant, pact, treaty entente, entente cordialebargain, bond, charter, concord, contract, deal, settlement, understandingprojet an arrangement about action to be takenthe two made a compact never to artificially prolong the other's life in the event of incapacitating illness or injury accord, agreement, bargain, contract, convention, covenant, deal, disposition, pact, settlement, understanding charter, treatybinder, pledge, promisealliance, association, entente, entente cordiale, league, partnershipacceptance, approval, assent, concurrence, consent, OK(or okay) compactverbto bring (something) to a central point or under a single controlthe media giant decided to compact all of its far-flung operations onto a single site center, centralize, concenter, concentrate, consolidate, polarize, unify, unite coordinate, harmonize, integrate, orchestrateblend, coalesce, combine, fuse, incorporate, merge, reduceconjoin, join, linkassemble, collect, colligate, gatherreunify, reunite decentralize, deconcentrate, spread (out) segregate, separate to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members togethercompact the snow into a tight ball for throwing capsule, capsulize, collapse, compress, condense, constrict, constringe, contract, narrow (down), squeeze, telescope cram, crowd, jam, jam-pack, packabbreviate, abridge, curtail, shortenboil down, downsize, shrinkconcentrate, consolidatesimplify, streamlinedecrease, diminish, lessen decompress, expand, open, outspread, outstretch dilate, disperse, dissipate, scatterdistend, inflate, swell in the 14th century |