compatible
/kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/
compatible adjective: capable of working together without conflict.
Adjective
compatible (comparative more compatible, superlative most compatible)
- Capable of working together without conflict.
- This printer isn't compatible with my computer.
- Able to get along well.
- My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.
- Consistent; congruous.
- His actions were compatible with his sermons.
- 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.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- compliant, congruent, in step, commensurate, conformable, conformant, congruous, consistent, in line, proportionate
Noun
compatible (plural compatibles)
- Something that is compatible with something else.
- a computer company that sells IBM compatibles
compatible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
compatible in Hindi
- संगत
compatible in Tamil
- இணைவொத்த, உடன் ஒத்தியங்கக்கூடிய, ஏற்புடைய, ஒன்றுக்கொன்று பொருந்திய, தகுதியுடைய
compatible in Urdu
- موافق
compatible in Bengali
- উপযুক্ত, সুসঙ্গত, অবিরুদ্দ্ধ
More languagesFewer languages
- compatible in Malayalam
- ഒന്നിച്ചു പോകുന്ന, യോജിക്കുന്ന, അനുകൂലമായ, അനുഗുണമായ
- compatible in Kannada
- ಹೊಂದಿಕೆಯಾದ, ಹೊಂದುವ, ಸಮರಸವಾಗಿರುವ, ಸಮಂಜಸ
- compatible in Odia
- ସୁସଙ୍ଗତ, ସାମଞ୍ଜସ୍ଯ଼ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ, ସାମଞ୍ଜସ୍ଯ଼ପୂର୍ଣ
- compatible in Tagalog
- magkasundo, magkahiyang
- compatible in Persian
- همپشت hampošt, سازوار sāzvār
- compatible in Vietnamese
- tương thích, tương hợp, hợp, thích hợp
Examples of compatible in a sentence
- Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.
- The new editor is backward compatible with all versions later than 1.17.
- We don't have only one metaverse, because metaversal sets aren't always compatible or mergeable!
Synonyms of compatible
- compliant
- congruent
- in step
- commensurate
- conformable
- conformant
- congruous
- consistent
- in line
- proportionate
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Antonyms
Forms of compatible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more compatible |
| superlative | most compatible |
| Noun | |
| plural | compatibles |
Origin of compatible
Inherited from Middle English compatible, fron Anglo-Norman compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.
Phrases with compatible
Questions about compatible
- What does compatible mean?
- Compatible means capable of working together without conflict.
- What is compatible in Hindi?
- Compatible in Hindi is संगत. See Compatible meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is compatible?
- Compatible can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce compatible?
- Compatible is pronounced /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/ (UK).
Words near compatible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: compatible (page history and authors); compatible (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compatible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compatible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compatible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compatible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compatible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compatible (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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