Meanings
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.
1 more example
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, →OCLCSynonyms: compliant, congruent, in step, commensurate, compliant, conformable, conformant, congruent
plural compatibles
- Something that is compatible with something else.
a computer company that sells IBM compatibles
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveConsistent; congruous.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveable to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
adjectivecapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
adjectivecapable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latincompator“to suffer with”
- Medieval Latincompatibilis“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”
- Anglo-Normancompatible
- Middle Englishcompatible
- Englishcompatible
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.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian съвместим, съвместим
- съвместим (săvmestim)capable of easy interaction
- съвместим (săvmestim)able to get along well
Catalan compatible
- compatiblecapable of easy interaction
Chinese Mandarin 兼容的, 相容的
- 兼容的 (jiānróng de)capable of easy interaction
- 相容的 (xiāngróng de)capable of easy interaction
- 相處融洽的 /相处融洽的 (xiāngchǔ róngqià de)able to get along well
- 合得來的 /合得来的 (hédelái de)able to get along well
- 性格相合的 (xìnggé xiānghé de)able to get along well
- 協調的 /协调的 (xiétiáo de)consistent; congruous
- 一致的 (yīzhì de)consistent; congruous
- 相容的 (xiāngróng de)consistent; congruous
- 兼容物件 (jiānróng wùjiàn)something that is compatible with something else
- 相容組件 /相容组件 (xiāngróng zǔjiàn)something that is compatible with something else
- 配套物品 (pèitào wùpǐn)something that is compatible with something else
- 相容機 /相容机something that is compatible with something else
Czech slučitelný, kompatibilní
- slučitelnýcapable of easy interaction
- kompatibilnícapable of easy interaction
Danish kompatibel
- kompatibelcapable of easy interaction
Dutch verenigbaar, verenigbaar
- verenigbaarcapable of easy interaction
- verenigbaarable to get along well
Esperanto kongrua, simpatia
- kongruacapable of easy interaction
- simpatiaable to get along well
Finnish yhteensopiva, toimeen tuleva
- yhteensopivacapable of easy interaction
- toimeen tulevaable to get along well
- yhteen sopivaable to get along well
- yhteensopivaconsistent; congruous
- yhtäpitäväconsistent; congruous
- linjassaconsistent; congruous
- yhteensopiva laitesomething that is compatible with something else
French compatible, compatible
- compatiblecapable of easy interaction
- compatibleable to get along well
German austauschbar, fähig
- austauschbarcapable of easy interaction
- fähigcapable of easy interaction
- kompatibelcapable of easy interaction
- verträglichcapable of easy interaction
- vereinbarcapable of easy interaction
- kompatibelable to get along well
- verträglichable to get along well
- ein gutes Gespannable to get along well
- im Einklangconsistent; congruous
- gut verträglichconsistent; congruous
Hebrew תואם, מתאים
- תואם (toém)capable of easy interaction
- מתאים (mat'ím)capable of easy interaction
Icelandic samhæfður, samhæfur
- samhæfðurcapable of easy interaction
- samhæfurcapable of easy interaction
Italian compatibile, compatibile
- compatibilecapable of easy interaction
- compatibileable to get along well
Māori hototahi
- hototahicapable of easy interaction
Norwegian forenelig
- foreneligcapable of easy interaction
Norwegian Bokmål kompatibel, forenelig
- kompatibelcapable of easy interaction
- foreneligconsistent; congruous
Persian همپشت, سازوار
- همپشت (hampošt)capable of easy interaction
- سازوار (sāzvār)capable of easy interaction
Polish kompatybilny, zgodny
- kompatybilnycapable of easy interaction
- zgodnycapable of easy interaction
- kompatybilnyable to get along well
Portuguese compatível
- compatívelcapable of easy interaction
Romanian compatibil
- compatibilcapable of easy interaction
Russian совмести́мый, сочета́емый
- совмести́мый (sovmestímyj)capable of easy interaction
- сочета́емый (sočetájemyj)capable of easy interaction
- совмести́мый (sovmestímyj)able to get along well
- подходящий друг другу (podxodjaščij drug drugu)able to get along well
- совпада́ющий (sovpadájuščij)consistent; congruous
- сочета́ющийся (sočetájuščijsja)consistent; congruous
Spanish compatible
- compatiblecapable of easy interaction
Swedish kompatibel
- kompatibelcapable of easy interaction
Tagalog magkasundo, magkahiyang
- magkasundocapable of easy interaction
- magkahiyangcapable of easy interaction
- magkasundoable to get along well
- magkahiyangable to get along well
- magkasundoconsistent; congruous
Turkish bağdaşan, bağdaşır
- bağdaşancapable of easy interaction
- bağdaşırcapable of easy interaction
- uyumlucapable of easy interaction
Vietnamese tương thích, tương hợp
- tương thíchcapable of easy interaction
- tương hợpcapable of easy interaction
- hợpable to get along well
- thích hợpable to get along well
- phù hợpconsistent; congruous
Cite this entry
compatible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compatible
“compatible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compatible. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compatible,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compatible.
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