Contrary
Incompatible
Incompatible adjective - Not being in agreement or harmony.
Usage example: the committee's incompatible goals—develop new projects and cut costs—meant that they got very little accomplished
Contrary is a synonym for incompatible in antagonistic topic. You can use "Contrary" instead the word "Incompatible" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as different.
Nearby Word: incompatibility
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- incongruous and contrary
- incongruous and incompatible
- discordant and contrary
- discordant and incompatible
- unfriendly and contrary
- unfriendly and incompatible
- hostile and contrary
- hostile and incompatible
- antagonistic and contrary
- antagonistic and incompatible
- clashing and contrary
- clashing and incompatible
- contradictory and contrary
- contradictory and incompatible
Both words in one sentence
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But some of the lessons it teaches are rather anti-science or at least contrary to mainstream scientific opinion... Remember kids, rainbows are divine and not simply light reflecting off of water particles, and evolution is wrong and incompatible with Christianity!
Source: Science Is Wrong
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Incompatible and Contrary. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrary/incompatible
Contrary & Incompatible. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrary/incompatible>.
Incompatible or Contrary. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrary/incompatible.
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