Meaning

Having the characteristics of a worthy companion; friendly and sociable..

Example Sentences

She returned presently, bringing a smoking basin and a basket of work; and, having placed the former on the hob, drew in her seat, evidently pleased to find me so companionable.

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

All the disagreeable circumstances of my prison had become, as it were, to me friendly and companionable; not one of them gave me annoyance.

Then he strolled back again, kicking his heels carelessly, and a companionable silence fell between the three men.

They are a companionable food; they make a pleasant, crunching noise when they are bitten, and so, when one is eating carrots, one can listen to the sound of one's eating and make a story from it.

Bottles of rye, purgative waters and eaux for every conceivable toilette made a companionable click in his worn carpet bag.

The up and down lines ran next to each other in vault-like tunnels, whereas the Tube trains would occupy their own tunnels. That's why the cut-and-cover lines are more human than the Tubes. They are more companionable. You can see people going the other way - your perspective is broadened.

Word Forms

• more companionable
• most companionable

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When Should You Use Companionable?

Use companionable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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