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compatible

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of compatible

1 having or marked by agreement in feeling or action

  • didn't think that they'd be compatible as roommates
Synonyms of compatible

agreeable, amicable, congenial, frictionless, harmonious, kindred, unanimous, united
Words Related to compatible

pacific, peaceable, peaceful

collaborating, cooperative, symbiotic, synergetic, synergic

noncompetitive, nonconflicting, uncompetitive

sympathetic, tolerant, understanding

affable, amiable, cordial, friendly, genial, neighborly
Near Antonyms of compatible

antagonistic, antipathetic, clashing, conflicting, hostile, inimical, unfriendly

belligerent, contentious, quarrelsome

contradicting, contradictory, contrary, opposing, opposite

competing, competitive, rivaling (or rivalling)
Antonyms of compatible

disagreeable, discordant, disharmonious, disunited, incompatible, inharmonious, uncongenial

2 not having or showing any apparent conflict

  • a theory that is compatible with what we already know about early man
Synonyms of compatible

accordant, coherent, concordant, conformable (to), congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, correspondent (with or to), harmonious, nonconflicting
Words Related to compatible

self-consistent

appropriate, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitting, meet, proper, right, suitable
Phrases Synonymous with compatible

of a piece
Near Antonyms of compatible

improper, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, infelicitous, unsuitable
Antonyms of compatible

conflicting, conflictive, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inharmonious, noncompatible

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