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[ kuhm-pan-yuhn-ship ] / kəmˈpæn yənˌʃɪp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR companionship ON THESAURUS.COM
nounassociation as companion; fellowship. Printing. a group of compositors working under a foreman. Origin of companionshipFirst recorded in 1540–50; companion1 + -ship Words nearby companionshipcompanion cell, companion ladder, companion piece, companion planting, companion set, companionship, companion star, companion vein, companionway, company, company doctor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for companionshipJames brought little in the way of survival skills, but his companionship at night raised the team morale. James Franco and Seth Rogen Get ‘Naked and Afraid’… And It’s Hilarious|Marlow Stern|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST A companionship will grow which probably no one else may be able to offer you. Felicia’s Letter to Leonard Bernstein: ‘You Are a Homosexual and May Never Change’|Felicia Bernstein|October 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST They dig solitary walks and dining alone, companionship not so much. A Eulogy for Gus, Central Park’s Polar Bear Man of Mystery|Malcolm Jones|August 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST The promise of home ownership, eternal sunshine, and companionship with like-minded people lured them into a desperate trap. No Country for Old People: ‘Kings Point’ Exposes the Hidden Elder Crisis|Donald A. Davidoff|February 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I had been so excited to visit the home of my hero, the creator of so many hours of happiness for me – of companionship. The Day I Met Charles Schulz|Daniel J. Levitin|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Somehow there was something very sweet in companionship alone in the vast silence with this stranger friend. The Man of the Desert|Grace Livingston Hill I know the captain and the crew, the fare I shall get and the port I shall make and the companionship I shall have by the way. Windfalls|(AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner She is much more fond of the companionship of children than that of girls of her own age. Kenelm Chillingly, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton The feeling of offered friendship and companionship warmed him with a sudden glow. Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham So if you can do without their companionship, I hope you will be permitted to go to all the parties talked of. Elsie and Her Loved Ones|Martha Finley
British Dictionary definitions for companionship
nounthe relationship of friends or companions; fellowship Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to companionshipcamaraderie, togetherness, alliance, conviviality, affiliation, union, company, amity, comradeship, rapport, society, esprit de corps |