Compatible
[kəm'pætɪb(ə)l] or [kəm'pætəbl]
Definition
(adj.) able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination; 'a compatible married couple'; 'her deeds were compatible with her ideology' .
(adj.) capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification .
(adj.) capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction .
Typist: Penelope--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.
Typist: Pearl
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Consistent, consentaneous, harmonious, coexistent, correspondent, congruous,accordant, agreeable, congenial, consonant
ANT:Incompatible, impossible, insupposable, inconsistent, discordant, hostile,adverse, antagonistic, incongruous, destructive, inter-repugnant, contradictory
Typist: Remington
Definition
adj. consistent: agreeable: that can be endured together.—ns. Compatibil′ity Compat′ibleness the quality of being compatible.—adv. Compat′ibly.
Edited by Albert
Examples
- Our dispositions are not compatible. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Lily stood motionless, keeping between herself and the char-woman the greatest distance compatible with the need of speaking in low tones. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This is quite compatible with the action of natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- How entirely compatible that way of living then was with the most useful and beneficent activities his life shows. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the summer, cool washed air is forced down through these same columns, maintaining a normal, even temperature, compatible with the state of the weather. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Meg