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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compatible \Com*pat"i*ble\, adjective [F., fr. LL.compatibilis, fr. L. compati. See {Compassion}.] Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.
Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by nature the most compatible. --Broome.
Syn: Consistent; suitable; agreeable; accordant.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
compatible
adjective
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
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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)
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