Companion

Quick meaning: Companion is a noun meaning A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies.

Meaning

A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies.

More Meanings

1. (nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
2. (nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
3. (topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
4. (figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
5. (attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.
6. (astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.
7. (dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.

Example Sentences

a companion of the Bath

His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.

The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.

Heere are your Sonnes againe, and I muſt looſe / Two of the ſweet’ſt Companions in the World.

Word Forms

• companions
• companioning
• companioned

Synonyms for companion

Depending on context, synonyms include familiar, fellow, comrade, accompany, company, fellow traveler.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fellow, comrade, accompany, associate, familiar, fellow traveler.

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