Compact and Nice

Compact

Compact adjective - Having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure.

Nice and compact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nice" instead an adjective "Compact".

Nice

Nice adjective - Following the established traditions of refined society and good taste.

Compact and nice are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compact" instead an adjective "Nice".

Nearby Words: nicety, nicely

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • In Jack Campbell's The Lost Fleet novel Invincible, Geary sets up the fleet in a compact formation to provide the bear-cows with a nice, neat target.
    Source: The Bait
  • My Skull Runneth Over The "total perspective vortex" in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe appears to do something like this; by stuffing the entire vastness of the Universe into the victim's head, their personality is squashed into a nice compact ball of insanity.
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