Definitions

compatible

[kuhm-pat-uh-buhl] / kəmˈpæt ə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

agreeable, in harmony

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adaptable appropriate consistent suitable

WEAK

accordant congenial congruent congruous consonant cooperative fit fitting getting along with harmonious having good vibes hitting it off in keeping in sync with in the groove like-minded meet on the same wavelength proper reconcilable simpatico sympathetic together

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improper unfitting unsuitable

WEAK

antagonistic antipathetic disagreeable incompatible inharmonious unsuited

Example Sentences

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Compatible phones - the vast majority of those currently in use - will vibrate and make a siren sound for roughly 10 seconds.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

Compatible with some 900,000 vehicles that have the automaker's "MBUX" systems, ChatGPT will download over the air after drivers opt in via a Mercedes app or by voice command, the company said.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2023

There is no hard evidence in Human Compatible on how complex information-processing systems, superintelligent or otherwise, would begin to be able to do this.

From Nature • Oct. 1, 2019

At MIT he oversaw a project in the early 1960s called the Compatible Time-Sharing System, or CTSS, which allowed multiple users in different locations to access a single computer simultaneously through telephone lines.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2019

Compatible with this, there is for the Moslem but one Prophet.

From Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study by Leonard, Arthur Glyn

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