compatible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination

   a compatible married couple

2. 2
   adj

   Capable of easy interaction.

   This printer isn't compatible with my computer.

3. 3
   adj

   Able to get along well.

   My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.

4. 4
   adj

   Consistent; congruous.

   His actions were compatible with his sermons.

5. 5
   noun

   Something that is compatible with something else.

   a computer company that sells IBM compatibles

6. 6
   adj

   capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification

7. 7
   adj

   capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction

Etymology

from Middle French compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.