Compatible

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /kÉ™mˈpætÉ™bÉ™l/

Origin

from Middle French compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis ("in compatible beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one"), from Late Latin compati ("to suffer with")

Full definition of compatible

Adjective

1. Capable of easy interaction.
   This printer isn't compatible with my computer.
2. Able to get along well.
   My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.
3. Consistent; congruous.
   His actions were compatible with his sermons.
• 1922, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest Chapter 1, 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.

Antonyms

• incompatible

Derived terms

• compatibility

Related terms

• compassion

Noun

1. Something that is compatible with something else.a computer company that sells IBM compatibles