parts of speech: adjective
This word is also a noun!
sentence or phrase from text: I know two people with compatible personalities.
definition:
1 : capable of existing together in harmony
2 : capable of cross-fertilizing freely or or uniting vegetatively
4 : capable of being used in transfusion or grafting without reaction (such as agglutination or tissue rejection)
3 : capable of forming a homogeneous mixturethat neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
5 : designed to work with another device or system without modification
synonyms: agreeable, amicable, congenial, frictionless, harmonious, kindred, unanimous, united
antonyms: disagreeable, discordant, disharmonious, disunited, incompatible, inharmonious, uncongenial
other forms of word: compatibility : noun
compatibleness : noun
compatibly : adverb
my own sentence: Compatible people are hard to come by, in my opinion.
First known use: 15th century
History and Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin compatibillis, literally, sympathetic, from Late Latin compati