interoperable

[in-ter-op-er-uh-buhl, -op-ruh-buhl] / ˌɪn tərˈɒp ər ə bəl, -ˈɒp rə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

technologically compatible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compatible connectable intercommunicable interconnectable networkable pairable

STRONG

combinable interfaceable interlinked interrelated mutually intelligible

WEAK

couplable distributed interemployable interlegible interlinkable interusable linkable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompatible non-intercommunicable not networkable unconnectable unpairable

STRONG

non-interfaceable not mutually intelligible uncombinable

WEAK

non-interlegible non-interlinkable

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interoperable

“This judgment fails to recognize our significant investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free,” Google said in response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

A Google spokesperson said the judgement "fails to recognise" the firm's "significant investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Department of War, seeks to create a more connected and interoperable space communications ecosystem where government and commercial satellite systems can work together seamlessly.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026

Your TV and smartphone are far more interoperable and indistinguishable than ever before, and an inescapable user-tracking singularity is developing, accordingly, in your own living room.

From Slate ● May 3, 2026

As a result, said Mundie, “a huge amount of data and creativity was accumulating in all those computers,” but there was no easy, interoperable way to share it and mold it.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman