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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
able to exist or function harmoniously with another.
Your old printer may not be compatible with your new computer.Fortunately, the three of us are very compatible roommates.
- synonyms:
- concordant, conformable, congenial, harmonious
- antonyms:
- discordant, incompatible, irreconcilable
- similar words:
- at one, companionate, concurrent, consonant, fitting, similar, suitable
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| definition 2: |
consistent; congruous.
The detective's theory is compatible with the evidence.These symptoms are compatible with a diagnosis of kidney disease.- synonyms:
- agreeing, concordant, conformable, conforming, consistent, consonant
- antonyms:
- discordant, exclusive, incompatible, inconsistent
- similar words:
- according, congruent, congruous, corresponding
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| related words: |
agreeable, harmonious |
adverb + (adj.)compatible
chemically, completely, culturally, entirely, environmentally, fully, generally, highly, ideologically, mutually, necessarily, perfectly, sexually, sufficiently, surprisingly, wholly
(adj.)compatible
+ adverb
intellectually
(adj.)compatible
+ noun
belief,
blaster,
chip,
companion,
computer,
conception,
conservation,
constraint,
database,
democracy,
device,
diagnosis,
discourse,
donor,
ecosystem,
equipment,
finish,
format,
fungus,
goal,
hypothesis,
ideal,
identity,
ideology,
integration,
interpretation,
laptop,
learning,
lifestyle,
maintenance,
marrow,
modem,
modernity,
nationalism,
notion,
objective,
operating,
ownership,
philosophy,
principle,
printer,
profit,
proposition,
quantum,
recipient,
requirement,
software,
style,
system,
theology,
theory,
tissue,
value,
valve,
version,
virtue,
wilderness
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| derivations: |
compatibly (adv.), compatibility (n.), compatibleness (n.) |
The word compatible
contains the following parts:
-able, -ible, -ble
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means capable of being, doing, or undergoing
  More about this word part:
The suffix -able
, and its variants, is attached to Latin verb roots or English transitive verbs to form adjectives. (In a small set of cases, -able
is attached to a noun, e.g. knowledgeable and marriageable.) For spelling purposes, it is useful to know that -able
is more likely to be added to a whole English word (comparable
, adorable
), while -ible
is more likely to follow a bound root (visible
, legible
). However,there are still many words which combine a root with -able
(capable
, inevitable
). The suffix -ity can be added to any adjective ending in -able
, -ible
, -ble
to produce a corresponding noun ending in -ability, -ibility, -bility (possible
+ -ity > possibility; irrevocable
+ -ity > irrevocability.)
Example words:
acceptable, accessible, admissible, adorable, amiable, amicable, audible, avoidable, believable, bearable, biodegradable, capable, calculable, cognizable, comparable, compatible, comprehensible, conformable, conversable, convertible, corrigible, credible, creditable, curable, dependable, despicable, disagreeable, disposable, divisible, eligible, explicable, flammable, flexible, illegible, illimitable, imaginable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impalpable, impassable, impeccable, impermeable, impermissible, imperturbable, implacable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impregnable, inalienable, inaudible, incapable, incalculable, incommunicable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, detectable, conceivable, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefeasible, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indivisible, indomitable, ineligible, ineluctable, ineradicable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, inexpiable, inexplicable, infallible, inhospitable, inimitable, inscrutable, inseparable, insuperable, intangible, interminable, intractable, invaluable, invariable, invincible, invisible, irrefragable, irrefutable, irremissible, irreparable, irreversible, irrevocable, legible, likable, lovable, manageable, measurable, movable, navigable, notable, opposable, palpable, perishable, permissible, placable, portable, possible, potable, predictable, preferable, prescriptible, recognizable, remissible, reprehensible, reversible, risible, semipermeable, sensible, superable, susceptible, tangible, tenable, tolerable, tractable, transmissible, unsupportable, usable, viable, visible, washable, affordable, allowable, reliable, remarkable, approachable, disputable, drinkable, durable, eatable, renewable, sustainable, unshakable
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