companion¹ /kəm-panˈyən/

1. A person who keeps company or frequently associates with another, either voluntarily or as a profession
2. A member of an order of knighthood, esp in a lower grade
3. One of a pair or set of things
4. An often pocket-sized book on a particular subject (as in angler's companion)

To accompany

1. Of the nature of a companion
2. Accompanying

companˈiable adjective (obsolete)

Sociable

companˈionable adjective

1. Fit to be a companion
2. Agreeable

companˈionableness noun

companˈionably adverb

companˈionate adjective

1. Acting as or resembling a companion
2. Suited to be a companion

companˈioned adjective

Having a companion

companˈionhood noun

companˈionless adjective

companˈionship noun

1. The state of being a companion
2. Company, fellowship
3. A body of companions

companionate marriage noun

A form of marriage proposed in the 1920s with legalized birth control and divorce by mutual consent

companion animal noun

(in politically correct language) a pet

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