compound

Meaning

Noun

1. An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
2. An enclosure for secure storage.
3. A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.

Adj

1. Composed of elements; not simple.
2. Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
3. An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

Verb

1. To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
2. To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
3. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
4. To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
5. (obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
6. To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
7. To worsen a situation.
8. Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.

Synonyms

mixture

mix

composite

blend

complex

combine

chemical compound

combination

composition

mingle

courtyard

house

🏠

jumble

mixed

yard

admixture

alloy

heighten

home

🏠

hybrid

aggregate

mix up

bring together

unite

intensify

combined

intermixture

join

compose

make up

medley

substance

compromise

precinct

add

miscellaneous

mix together

prepare

compost

compound word

put together

commingle

motley

compounding

admix

amalgamate

immingle

complicated

deepen

shuffle

variety

union

colonial

village

enclosure

worsen

disarrange

disarray

disorganize

disrupt

dissolve

double

double-barrelled

exacerbate

family

👪

farmyard

farrago

flummox

fold

formulation

fox

🦊

fuddle

fuse

fusion

gather

gather up

get ready

goose

🪿

grounds

hash

#️⃣

heterodyne

hotpot

immix

impure

incorporate

incorporated

increase

inflame

integrate

integrated

interconnect

interconnected

intermingle

intermix

intermixing

joined

joint

kampong

knit

kraal

link

🔗

link up

make

make worse

mash

melange

meld

merge

merged

mingling

miscellany

mixer

mix in

mixing

mixtures

multiple

multiplicity

neighborhood

obfuscate

obscure

optimize

outskirt

paddle

piece

pool

potentiate

premises

preparation

pull together

put through

quarter

raise

randomise

ravel

recombinant

recombination

reconcile

relate

residence

resolve

rile

rumple

scramble

snarl

sophisticate

square

stir

stir up

streamline

stump

sum

summate

synthesis

synthesize

synthetic

tangle

tee

tie

tie in

toss

totalize

tussle

twin

unified

unify

upset

various

vicinity

weld

write

✍️

alligate

comport with

farraginous

settle for

throw together

comp

compositing

totalise

intermingle with

bring togethr

composition of words

campong

lifehack

matchup

asstd

compound helicopter

house-premises

intermix with

segmental type

combined type

incorporation intermix

part

composite shape

abandoned

accommodate

addle

adulterate

aggravate

aggregation

agitate

amalgam

annex

ascribe

assimilate

associate

assorted

battering

bind

blended

blending

bond

boost

break up

bridge

bring to

building

chemical

close

clutter

coalesce

collage

collect

colligate

combinative

combining

comfit

commix

commixture

complect

compounded

comprise

conciliate

concoct

concoction

confect

confuse

conjoin

conjunction

conjunctive

connect

connected

consist

construct

couple

👫

couple on

court

cross-bred

derange

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒmpaʊnd/

Etymology

Possibly from Malay kampong, kampung (“group of buildings, village”), via Dutch or Portuguese, altered under the influence of Etymology 2. Doublet of kampung.