compatible — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Capable of working together without conflict.

   Examples

   This printer isn't compatible with my computer.

2. Able to get along well.

   Examples

   My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.

3. Consistent; congruous.

   Synonyms

   compliantcongruentin step

   Examples

   His actions were compatible with his sermons.

   More examples (1)

   She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.

Noun

1. Something that is compatible with something else.

   Examples

   a computer company that sells IBM compatibles

Adjective

1. able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination

   Antonyms

   incompatible

   Examples

   a compatible married couple

   her deeds were compatible with her ideology

2. capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification

   Antonyms

   incompatible

3. capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction