Compatible

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Compatible \Com*pat"i*ble\, a. [F., fr. LL.compatibilis, fr. L.
     compati. See {Compassion}.]
     Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not
     repugnant; -- usually followed by with.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by
           nature the most compatible.              --Broome.
  
     Syn: Consistent; suitable; agreeable; accordant.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  compatible
       adj 1: able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable
              combination; "a compatible married couple"; "her deeds
              were compatible with her ideology" [ant: {incompatible}]
       2: having similar disposition and tastes; "a compatible married
          couple"; "with their many similar tastes, he found her a
          most sympathetic companion" [syn: {sympathetic}]
       3: capable of being used with or connected to other devices or
          components without modification [ant: {incompatible}]
       4: (of a couple) existing together harmoniously [syn: {well-matched}]
       5: capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither
          separates nor is altered by chemical interaction

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  123 Moby Thesaurus words for "compatible":
     accordant, affable, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, akin,
     amiable, amicable, answerable, appropriate, at one, attuned,
     blissful, cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, coexistent,
     coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, commensurate,
     communicative, companionable, companionate, complaisant,
     concordant, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent,
     congruous, consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant,
     cooperating, cooperative, cordial, correspondent, corresponding,
     courteous, desirable, dulcet, empathetic, empathic, en rapport,
     enjoyable, equivalent, fair, fair and pleasant, felicific,
     felicitous, fine, fit, fit for society, fitting, fond of society,
     frictionless, friendly, genial, good, goodly, gracious, grateful,
     gratifying, gregarious, harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed,
     hospitable, in accord, in agreement, in concert, in rapport,
     in sync, in synchronization, in tune, inaccordance, inharmony,
     likable, like-minded, meet, mellifluous, mellow, nice, of a piece,
     of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, peaceful, pleasant,
     pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, positive,
     proper, proportionate, reconcilable, rewarding, satisfying,
     self-consistent, sociable, social, social-minded, suitable, sweet,
     symbiotic, sympathetic, synchronized, synchronous, together,
     unanimous, understanding, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united,
     urbane, welcome
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  compatible
       
           Different systems (e.g., {programs}, {file formats},
          {protocols}, even {programming languages}) that can work
          together or exchange data are said to be compatible.
       
          See also {backward compatible}, {forward compatible}.
       
          (1998-01-15)