Comprehensive, a. Extensive, wide, broad, large, capacious, full, sweeping, wide-reaching, wide-embracing, of great scope, of extensive application.
Compress, v. a.
- 1. Press together, close tightly, shut firmly.
- 2. Bind tightly, wrap closely.
- 3. Squeeze or press together or into smaller compass, condense.
- 4. Squeeze, force, crowd, press.
- 5. Make brief, abbreviate, condense, make terse or pithy.
Compress, n. (Surg.) Bandage, compressing pad.
Compressibility, n. Condensability.
Compressible, a. Condensable.
Compression, n.
- 1. Condensation, pressing together, squeezing, pinching, confining.
- 2. Tight closure, close shutting, firm closing.
- 3. Brevity, terseness, succinctness, pithiness, condensation, conciseness.
Comprise, v. a. Comprehend, include, enclose, embrace, contain, embody, take in.
Compromise, n. Agreement, composition, adjustment, settlement, mutual concession, abatement of differences.
Compromise, v. a.
- 1. Adjust, settle, compose, compound.
- 2. Jeopardize (irretrievably), imperil, bring into danger, put at hazard, put in jeopardy, expose the repute
of.
- 3. Engage, pledge, implicate, commit.
Compromise, v. n. Agree, compound, come to an agreement, come to an understanding, settle or compose or compound differences or disputes.