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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(now historical) Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another..
Gradually it evolved from an economic enterprise to a companionate one—a free-choice engagement between two individuals, based not on duty and obligation but on love and affection.
Use companionate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Companionate means (now historical) Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another..
Common synonyms include friendly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Gradually it evolved from an economic enterprise to a companionate one—a free-choice engagement between two individuals, based not on duty and obligation but on love and affection.
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