compatible Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
    • a compatible married couple
    • her deeds were compatible with her ideology
  2. adjective capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
  3. adjective satellite capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction

WordNet

Com*pat"i*ble adjective
Etymology
F., fr. LL.compatibilis, fr. L. compati. See Compassion.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913