compact

Adjective

• 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
    

• having a short and solid form or stature
  • a wrestler of compact build
    
  • he was tall and heavyset
    
  • stocky legs
    
  • a thickset young man
    

• closely and firmly united or packed together
  • compact soil
    
  • compact clusters of flowers
    

Noun

• a small and economical car

• a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

• a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

Verb

• squeeze or press together
  • she compressed her lips
    
  • the spasm contracted the muscle
    

• make more compact by or as if by pressing
  • compress the data
    

• compress into a wad
  • wad paper into the box
    

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
  • This powder compacts easily
    
  • Such odd-shaped items do not pack well
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  compendious , succinct , summary , heavyset , stocky , thick , thickset , compact car , covenant , concordat , powder compact , compress , constrict , squeeze , contract , press , pack together , pack , bundle , wad
• Antonyms: 
  loose , decompress , uncompress