English adjective: incompatible | |||
1. | incompatible not compatible | ||
Samples | Incompatible personalities. Incompatible colors. | ||
Similar | antagonistic, clashing, contradictory, mutually exclusive, uncongenial | ||
See also | different, incompatible, inharmonious, mismatched, uncongenial, unharmonious | ||
Antonyms | compatible | ||
2. | incompatible used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect | ||
Synonyms | antagonistic | ||
Similar | antacid, antiphlogistic | ||
Antonyms | interactive, synergistic | ||
3. | incompatible not suitable to your tastes or needs | ||
Samples | The uncongenial roommates were always fighting. The task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs. | ||
Synonyms | uncongenial | ||
Similar | disagreeable, unsympathetic | ||
See also | incompatible, unfriendly, unsympathetic | ||
Antonyms | congenial | ||
4. | incompatible 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 | ||
Antonyms | compatible | ||
5. | incompatible of words so related that one contrasts with the other | ||
Samples | `rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms. | ||
Synonyms | contrastive | ||
Similar | antonymous | ||
Antonyms | synonymous | ||
6. | incompatible not easy to combine harmoniously | ||
Synonyms | ill-sorted, mismated, unsuited | ||
Similar | mismatched | ||
Antonyms | matched | ||
7. | incompatible not compatible with other facts | ||
Synonyms | discrepant | ||
Similar | inconsistent | ||
Antonyms | consistent | ||
8. | incompatible not in keeping with what is correct or proper | ||
Samples | Completely inappropriate behavior. | ||
Synonyms | inappropriate, out or keeping, unfitting | ||
Similar | incongruous | ||
Antonyms | congruent, congruous | ||
9. | incompatible used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture | ||
Similar | immiscible, non-miscible, unmixable | ||
Antonyms | miscible, mixable | ||