[W/K] :: compatible

  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]

  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

  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
  
  

  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)