INCOMPATIBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does incompatible mean?
• INCOMPATIBLE (adjective)
The adjective INCOMPATIBLE has 9 senses:
1. not compatible
2. used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
3. not suitable to your tastes or needs
4. incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
5. of words so related that one contrasts with the other
6. not easy to combine harmoniously
7. not compatible with other facts
8. not in keeping with what is correct or proper
9. used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
Familiarity information: INCOMPATIBLE used as an adjective is familiar.
Dictionary entry details
• INCOMPATIBLE (adjective)
Meaning:
Not compatible
Context examples:
incompatible personalities / incompatible colors
Similar:
antagonistic (incapable of harmonious association)
clashing (sharply and harshly discordant)
contradictory; mutually exclusive (unable to be both true at the same time)
uncongenial (used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted)
Also:
different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)
mismatched (either not matched or unsuitably matched)
inharmonious; unharmonious (not in harmony)
incompatible; uncongenial (not suitable to your tastes or needs)
Antonym:
compatible (able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination)
Meaning:
Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
Synonyms:
incompatible; antagonistic
Similar:
antacid (acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach))
antiphlogistic (counteracting inflammation)
Meaning:
Not suitable to your tastes or needs
Synonyms:
uncongenial; incompatible
Context examples:
the uncongenial roommates were always fighting / the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs
Similar:
disagreeable; unsympathetic (not agreeing with your tastes or expectations)
Also:
unsympathetic (not sympathetic or disposed toward)
unfriendly (not disposed to friendship or friendliness)
incompatible (not compatible)
Meaning:
Incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
Domain category:
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
Antonym:
compatible (capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification)
Meaning:
Of words so related that one contrasts with the other
Synonyms:
contrastive; incompatible
Context example:
'rich' and 'hard-up' are contrastive terms
Similar:
antonymous (of words: having opposite meanings)
Meaning:
Not easy to combine harmoniously
Synonyms:
ill-sorted; mismated; unsuited; incompatible
Similar:
mismatched (either not matched or unsuitably matched)
Meaning:
Not compatible with other facts
Synonyms:
discrepant; incompatible
Similar:
inconsistent (displaying a lack of consistency)
Meaning:
Not in keeping with what is correct or proper
Synonyms:
out or keeping; unfitting; inappropriate; incompatible
Context example:
completely inappropriate behavior
Similar:
incongruous (lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness)
Meaning:
Used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
Similar:
immiscible; non-miscible; unmixable ((chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing)
