compact in WordNet English dictionary

1. compress into a wad
   "wad paper into the box"
   pack  bundle  wad  compact 
   
2. squeeze or press together
   "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
   compress  constrict  squeeze  compact  contract  press 
   
3. make more compact by or as if by pressing
   "compress the data"
   compress  compact  pack together 
   
4. have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
   "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
   compact  pack 
   

1. a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
   compact  powder compact 
   
2. a small and economical car
   compact  compact car 
   
3. a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
   covenant  compact  concordat 
   

1. closely and firmly united or packed together
   "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"
   compact 
   
2. 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"
   compendious  compact  succinct  summary 
   
3. having a short and solid form or stature
   "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
   compact  heavyset  stocky  thick  thickset