compartmented

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adjective

Divided into compartments.

“Near-synonym: partitioned”

Similar
compartmentalizedpartitionedcompartmentalcompartmentalised
Opposite
uncompartmenteduncompartmentalizedcompartmentlessunpartitionedpartitionless
OriginEnglish compartment ← Middle French compartiment ← Italian compartimento →
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Meanings

adjectivecompartmented (comparative more compartmented, superlative most compartmented)

comparative more compartmented · superlative most compartmented

  1. Divided into compartments.

    Near-synonym: partitioned

    Synonyms: compartmentalized, partitioned · Antonyms: uncompartmented, uncompartmentalized, compartmentless, unpartitioned, partitionless, dividerless, decompartmentalized

  2. Having (a specified type of) compartments.

    large-compartmented hardware boxes

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDivided into compartments.

Similar
compartmentalizedpartitioned
Opposite
uncompartmenteduncompartmentalizedcompartmentlessunpartitionedpartitionlessdividerlessdecompartmentalized

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedivided up or separated into compartments or isolated units

Similar
compartmentalcompartmentalizedcompartmentalised
Opposite
uncompartmented
Also see
compartmentalcompartmentalized

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincom-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  8. Proto-Italic*partis
  9. Latinpars
  10. Latinpartiō
  11. Latinpartior
  12. Latincompartīrī
  13. Italiancompartire
  14. Italiancompartimento
  15. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  16. Englishcompartment
  17. Englishcompartmented

From compartment + -ed.

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Translations

Portuguese compartimentado
  • compartimentadoTranslations
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APA

compartmented. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmented

MLA

“compartmented.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmented. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compartmented,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmented.

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