Antonyms for compatible

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuh m-pat-uh-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpæt ə bəl

Definition of compatible

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle French compatible (15c.), from Medieval Latin compatibilis, from Late Latin compati (see compassion). Related: Compatibility.

adj agreeable, in harmony

Example sentences :

The Banker's past life was not compatible with generous dealing.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

It alternates with derision, and is compatible with contempt.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various

It must be admitted that, as far as was compatible with his quality of temper, he was; none more so.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

It cannot be implied that she is hardened, for no such quality is compatible with her character.
Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 » by Various

To her mind, a display of finery was not compatible with what she called religion.
Extract from : « Hunter's Marjory » by Margaret Bruce Clarke

The love of man is not compatible with the excesses of the beast.
Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori

Such a system of solid rings is not compatible with the laws of dynamics.
Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball

Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope

The stern work before him, however, was not compatible with soft emotions.
Extract from : « Under the Waves » by R M Ballantyne

Practicality is compatible with romance as well as with rascality.
Extract from : « Under the Waves » by R M Ballantyne

Synonyms for compatible

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