Synonyms for incompatible

Synonyms for (adj) incompatible

Synonyms: incompatible

Definition: not compatible

Usage: incompatible personalities; incompatible colors

Similar words: antagonistic

Definition: incapable of harmonious association


Similar words: clashing

Definition: sharply and harshly discordant

Usage: clashing interests of loggers and conservationists; clashing colors


Similar words: contradictory, mutually exclusive

Definition: unable to be both true at the same time


Similar words: uncongenial

Definition: used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted


Synonyms: incompatible

Definition: used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture

Similar words: non-miscible, immiscible, unmixable

Definition: (chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing


Synonyms: uncongenial, incompatible

Definition: not suitable to your tastes or needs

Usage: the uncongenial roommates were always fighting; the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs

Similar words: disagreeable, unsympathetic

Definition: not agreeing with your tastes or expectations

Usage: found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it; a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him


Synonyms: unfitting, inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping

Definition: not in keeping with what is correct or proper

Usage: completely inappropriate behavior

Similar words: incongruous

Definition: lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

Usage: a plan incongruous with reason; incongruous behavior; a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation


Synonyms: incompatible, discrepant

Definition: not compatible with other facts

Similar words: inconsistent

Definition: displaying a lack of consistency

Usage: inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time; inconsistent with the roadmap


Synonyms: incompatible, antagonistic

Definition: used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect

Similar words: antacid

Definition: acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach)


Similar words: antiphlogistic

Definition: counteracting inflammation


Synonyms: mismated, ill-sorted, incompatible, unsuited

Definition: not easy to combine harmoniously

Similar words: mismatched

Definition: either not matched or unsuitably matched


Synonyms: contrastive, incompatible

Definition: of words so related that one contrasts with the other

Usage: `rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms

Similar words: antonymous

Definition: of words: having opposite meanings


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