[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compatible \compat"ible\, a. f., fr. ll.compatibilis, fr. l.
   compati. see compassion.
   capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not
   repugnant; -- usually followed by with.
   1913 webster

         our poets have joined together such qualities as are by
         nature the most compatible.              --broome.

   syn: consistent; suitable; agreeable; accordant.
        1913 webster
see also:
compassion 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

compatible
     adj 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
see also:
incompatible sympathetic well-matched 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
programs file formats protocols programming languages backward compatible forward compatible 

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