Synonyms for condense
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Compress — to concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume
compress, shorten, reduce, thicken, abbreviate, consolidate, simplify, compact, squeeze, coagulate, abridge, curdle, diminish, pack, pac US, curtail, press, squish informal, crowd, epitomize UK US, epitomise UK, squash, telescope, thring UK
2. Concentrate
Definitions
- v. 1
To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
- v. 2
To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
- v. 3
To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.
Related words
- Word family
- condensate condensation condenser
Forms
- Past participle
- condensed
e.g. condensed → compressed, shortened, reduced, thickened…
Example sentences
- shorten High operating temperatures shorten lubricant life.
- compress I stomped on the pile of leaves to compress it.
- thicken Ziri saw the smoke thicken from that direction.
- abbreviate We abbreviate Sunday to Sun.
- distill Now we will distill this water.
By length
- 3 letters
- sum1, pac1
- 4 letters
- pack1, gist1
- 5 letters
- press1, crowd1
- 6 letters
- reduce2, digest2, squash1, squish, curdle, distil2, thring
- 7 letters
- compact2, squeeze1, shorten2, curtail2, thicken2, distill2, abridge2
- 8 letters
- contract2, simplify3, diminish3, compress2
- 9 letters
- telescope3, epitomize4, coagulate4, epitomise
- 10 letters
- abbreviate4
- 11 letters
- concentrate3, consolidate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reduce2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- condenser
- Español
- condensar
- Deutsch
- kondensieren
- Català
- condensar