Synonyms for incompatible
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-kuhm-pat-uh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn kəmˈpæt ə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for incompatible
- antipodal
- antithetical
- clashing
- contrary
- counter
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discrepant
- disparate
- factious
- inadmissible
- incoherent
- inconformable
- inconsonant
- inconstant
- jarring
- marching to a different drummer
- mismatched
- night and day
- offbeat
- opposed
- opposite
- poles apart
- unadapted
- warring
- whale of difference
Définition of incompatible
Origin :- mid-15c., from Medieval Latin incompatibilis, from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + compatibilis (see compatible). Originally of benefices, "incapable of being held together;" sense of "mutually intolerant" is from 1590s. Related: Incompatibly.
- adj antagonistic, contradictory
- Might not the duties of some callings be incompatible with marriage?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- And be convinced, my son, that faith and reason are not incompatible.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- They have other incompatible qualities quite as important, no doubt.
- Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
- The points of view are not merely not identical; they are incompatible.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- It is not incompatible but actually favourable to the pursuits of parliament.
- Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever
- They were incompatible with the frivolous comments of people who had not seen it.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- The look in her eyes was incompatible with profanity, mild soever.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- But the freedom is not incompatible with the predestination, nor the predestination with the freedom.
- Extract from : « Mind and Motion and Monism » by George John Romanes
- That Christian expression and classicism were incompatible, he never believed.
- Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
- He told me some things about them, to show that our leadings were incompatible.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
Antonyms for incompatible
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