Antonyms for compact

Antonyms for (verb) compact

Main entry: compact, compress, pack together

Definition: make more compact by or as if by pressing

Usage: compress the data

Antonyms: decompress, uncompress

Definition: restore to its uncompressed form


Antonyms for (adj) compact

Main entry: compact

Definition: closely and firmly united or packed together

Usage: compact soil; compact clusters of flowers

Antonyms: loose

Definition: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement


Antonyms: light

Definition: of comparatively little physical weight or density


Antonyms: light

Definition: psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles


Antonyms: light

Definition: not great in degree or quantity or number


Antonyms: light

Definition: (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average


Antonyms: light

Definition: of little intensity or power or force


Antonyms: light

Definition: of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment


Antonyms: leaky

Definition: permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases


Antonyms: loose

Definition: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting


Main entry: compact, stocky, thick, thickset, heavyset

Definition: having a short and solid form or stature

Usage: a wrestler of compact build; he was tall and heavyset; stocky legs; a thickset young man

Antonyms: long

Definition: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified


Antonyms: long

Definition: primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified


Antonyms: long

Definition: (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration


Antonyms: long

Definition: holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices


Antonyms: tall

Definition: great in vertical dimension; high in stature


Antonyms: large, big

Definition: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent


Antonyms: much

Definition: (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent


Main entry: compact, compendious, succinct, summary

Definition: briefly giving the gist of something

Usage: a short and compendious book; a compact style is brief and pithy; succinct comparisons; a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject

Antonyms: prolix

Definition: tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length


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