incompatible

incompatible is a 12-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 26 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition.
2. adjective. Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
3. noun. An incompatible substance; esp., in pl., things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the incompatibles of iron.
4. adjective. not compatible

   "incompatible personalities"

   "incompatible colors"

5. adjective. incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
6. adjective. used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
7. adjective. not suitable to your tastes or needs

   "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"

   "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"

   Synonyms: uncongenial

8. adjective. not in keeping with what is correct or proper

   "completely inappropriate behavior"

   Synonyms: inappropriate, unfitting

9. adjective. not compatible with other facts

   Synonyms: discrepant

10. adjective. used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect

    Synonyms: antagonistic

11. adjective. not easy to combine harmoniously

    Synonyms: mismated, unsuited

12. adjective. of words so related that one contrasts with the other

    "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

    Synonyms: contrastive

Synonyms

uncongenial, inappropriate, unfitting, discrepant, antagonistic, mismated, unsuited, contrastive

Common word forms

incompatibles

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