Synonyms for compactness
com·pact·ness

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1. compactness

   Synonyms:
   brevity, compression, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, shortness, succinctness, terseness

   Antonyms:
   circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness

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1. concentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactnessnoun

   the spatial property of being crowded together

   Synonyms:
   immersion, tautness, parsimoniousness, absorption, constriction, parsimony, closeness, assiduousness, stringency, assiduity, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, dumbness, slow-wittedness, minginess, engrossment, tightness, meanness, niggardness, density

2. compactnessnoun

   the consistency of a compact solid

   Synonyms:
   tightness, denseness, concentration, density

Matched Categories

1. • Solidity
   • Spacing

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1. List of paraphrases for "compactness":

   compaction

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1. Australian John Coates:

   The compactness of the Games has to be weighed up against the benefit of using existing venues, these changes do contemplate different cities and countries hosting the Games, and this is for reasons of sustainability.