Synonyms for compact
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Tight — closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume
tight, dense, solid, crowded, packed, heavy, compressed, hard, concentrated, serried, snug, consolidated, firm, concrete, impenetrable, close dated
2. Succinct
succinct, little, small, short, concise, low, summary, condensed, brief, laconic, terse, pithy, compendious, pointed, sententious
Other
Noun
1. Agreement
agreement, contract, pact, arrangement, covenant, convention, bargain, concordat, bond, stipulation, treaty dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
- adj. 2
Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
a compact laptop computer
- adj. 3
Brief and pithy; not verbose.
- n. 1
An agreement or contract.
Related words
- Word family
- compactly compactness compactable compactible
- Phrases
- compact cassette compact camera social compact
Forms
- Plural
- compacts → agreements, contracts, pacts, arrangements…
Choose the right word
Compact is essentially the same as contract, but is applied to international agreements, treaties, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- solid Water is liquid. It becomes solid when it freezes.
- packed I always brought a packed lunch with me to school.
- dense Not a soul was to be seen because of a dense fog.
- compressed He says he has a compressed sensation in the chest.
- concise Either one is fine, but the former is more concise.
- succinct The epitaph engraved on the headstone was a meaningful, succinct poem.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1
- 4 letters
- hard1, firm1, bond1, axis2, pact1, snug1
- 5 letters
- small1, close1, short1, heavy2, solid2, tight1, brief1, thick1, dense1, terse1, pithy2
- 6 letters
- little2, packed1, treaty2, stocky2
- 7 letters
- pointed2, summary3, crowded2, bargain2, concise2, laconic3, serried
- 8 letters
- contract2, concrete2, covenant3, succinct2
- 9 letters
- agreement3, condensed2, concordat
- 10 letters
- convention3, compressed2
- 11 letters
- arrangement3, stipulation4, compendious, sententious
- 12 letters
- concentrated4, consolidated5, impenetrable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (axis2 = 2 syllables).