Compatible
Compatible adjective - Having or marked by agreement in feeling or action.
Equivalent and compatible are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Equivalent" instead an adjective "Compatible".
Equivalent
Equivalent adjective - Being essentially equal to something.
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Synonyms for Equivalent
Compatible and equivalent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compatible" instead an adjective "Equivalent".
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Related pairs
- like and compatible
- like and equivalent
- correspondent and compatible
- correspondent and equivalent
- similar and compatible
- similar and equivalent
- alike and compatible
- alike and equivalent
- comparable and compatible
- comparable and equivalent
- kindred and compatible
- kindred and equivalent
- same and compatible
- same and equivalent
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Like the IBM PC (and Fujitsu's competing FM Towns line), it used Intel 80x86 or equivalent CPUs, and could run versions of MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, but was otherwise not IBM-compatible.
Source: Useful Notes / PC-98
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