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I am looking for a single word for the term "something which makes it compatible". Can I use compatibilizer?

Google search reveals this term is used in chemistry but is it used in other contexts? Is the -izer suffix sufficiently productive that what might be jargon could be understood elsewhere?

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    We don't do naming, so I've removed that and made an ELU question about the -ize/-izer suffix, which is probably more on-topic and answerable. [We don't do naming because a class named susan would work just as well as one named which_makes_things_compatible. What you are actually asking about is the word itself, not a name.]
    – Andrew Leach ♦
    Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 10:30
  • A specific context would be of great help, here.
    – J. Taylor
    Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 12:24
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    Do you want a term for an attribute of the thing itself, or the name of something used to adapt one thing to another.?
    – Phil Sweet
    Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 14:24
  • 'Harmoniser' is altogether better known as a word, and broadening it to include non-sentient agents has doubtless already been done. You could check in a Google search (online dictionaries don't seem to mention non-sentient-agent usage). // 'Productivity' is determined by usage, rather than the other way round.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 15:26
  • to align one thing with another, too.
    – Lambie
    Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 16:54

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Adapter is pretty widely used for such things. (As in an electrical adapter that makes an appliance compatible with the sockets in a different country).

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