Synonyms of incompatible

incompatible

adjective

ˌin-kəm-ˈpa-tə-bəl 

as in conflicting

not being in agreement or harmony

the committee's incompatible goals—develop new projects and cut costs—meant that they got very little accomplished

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conflicting
• inconsistent
• clashing
• contradictory
• mutually exclusive
• incongruous
• discrepant
• repugnant
• inharmonious
• contrary
• inconsonant
• irreconcilable
• discordant
• disagreeing
• at variance
• at odds
• antithetical
• antagonistic
• opposite
• opposing
• diametric
• antipodal
• antipodean

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compatible
• consistent
• congruent
• agreeing
• harmonious
• correspondent (with or to)
• concordant
• consonant
• conformable (to)
• similar
• like
• congruous
• accordant
• nonconflicting
• akin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of incompatible

This is a woman who, at 64, is fundamentally incompatible with reality television. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Cheng said that she was told that her union role would be incompatible with her employment. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Their competitiveness has been consumed by the reactions from two audiences with incompatible expectations, and some of that nonsense persists because no one at the top did the work of refereeing the discourse. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

European startups have a harder time attracting venture capital investment than US companies, and the top-down architecture of Europe’s legacy space industry is often incompatible with the entrepreneurial culture of Silicon Valley. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026