companion
1a person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another: my son and his two companions.
a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another in the capacity of a helpful friend.
a mate or match for something: White wine is the usual companion of fish.
a handbook or guide: a bird watcher's companion.
a member of the lowest rank in an order of knighthood or of a grade in an order.
Also called companion star, comes .Astronomy. the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double star.: Compare primary (def. 19b).
Obsolete. a fellow.
to be a companion to; accompany.
Origin of companion
1synonym study For companion
Other words for companion
Other words from companion
- com·pan·ion·less, adjective
- un·com·pan·ioned, adjective
Words Nearby companion
Other definitions for companion (2 of 2)
Origin of companion
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use companion in a sentence
The strategy is to establish itself as the default companion app for CGMs, but to do so it will need to gain access to CGM-generated data.
Undermyfork scores $400K seed for its diabetes tracking app and US launch | Steve O'Hear | August 28, 2020 | TechCrunchFor the past couple of months, our pets have become our coworkers, confidants, and constant companions.
How to help your pet with separation anxiety | Sara Kiley Watson | August 26, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhen my companions and I passed an enticing swimming hole in the high desert of northeastern Nevada, I slipped into bikini bottoms in the parking lot and back out of them again afterward.
Players can work with online friends, as well as virtual running companions, toward shared goals—running a combined distance of 10 miles, for example, or collecting imaginary potions from different locations.
Yet, the two brothers are each other’s most frequent opera and wine-tasting companion.
But she soldiered on to the end, a loving and faithful companion in victory and defeat.
We continuously pause to pull them out while Zalwar Khan and his companion smirk at us and chew unbothered.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley | Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe meets his current companion, Sandra Lee, at a party in the Hamptons.
She claims to be bowled over by a genuine attraction to another older companion.
The device is plugged into the wall and the companion smartphone app instructs the device when to start recording.
The Tracker That Might Actually Help You Sleep Better | DailyBurn | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeShe took the fan from Madame Ratignolle and began to fan both herself and her companion.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinA friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her husband.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousI was thinking of any thing but the Virgin, or the window, or the light; I was thinking of my companion—so fair, and so devout.
There is a companion who condoleth with his friend for his belly's sake, and he will take up a shield against the enemy.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
British Dictionary definitions for companion (1 of 2)
/ (kəmˈpænjən) /
a person who is an associate of another or others; comrade
(esp formerly) an employee, usually a woman, who provides company for an employer, esp an elderly woman
one of a pair; match
(as modifier): a companion volume
a guidebook or handbook
a member of the lowest rank of any of certain orders of knighthood
astronomy the fainter of the two components of a double star
(tr) to accompany or be a companion to
Origin of companion
1Derived forms of companion
- companionless, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for companion (2 of 2)
/ (kəmˈpænjən) /
nautical
a raised frame on an upper deck with windows to give light to the deck below
(as modifier): a companion ladder
Origin of companion
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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