companion
[noun]
Synonyms:
- friend, accomplice, ally, associate, colleague, comrade, consort, mate (informal), partner
- escort, aide, assistant, attendant, chaperon, squire

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Related Words: colleague, fellow, partner, chaperon, escort

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English Thesaurus: friend, acquaintance, mate, buddy, pal, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

com‧pan‧ion /kəmˈpænjən/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: compagnon, from Late Latin companio, from Latin com- ( ⇒ COM-) + panis 'bread, food']

1. someone you spend a lot of time with, especially a friend:
For ten years he had been her constant companion.
His dog became his closest companion.
a travelling companion
dinner/drinking companion

2. one of a pair of things that go together or can be used together
companion to
This book is a companion to Professor Farrer’s first work.
companion volume/piece etc
The ‘Encyclopedia of Gardening’ is a companion volume to the ‘Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers’.

3. used in the titles of books about a particular subject:
‘A Companion to Japanese Literature’

4. someone, especially a woman, who is paid to live or travel with an older person

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

companion
noun
ADJ. agreeable, amusing, boon, charming, delightful, good, entertaining, pleasant, wonderful | close, constant, faithful, inseparable | life | female, male | canine, human | dinner, drinking, travelling, walking He was an entertaining travelling companion.
PREP. ~ for/to She lived in the house as a companion to our grandmother.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

companion

a constant/inseparable companion (=someone you spend most or all of the time with)
The two boys became constant companions.
a close companion
At school, we were close companions for several years.
a travelling companion British English, a traveling companion American English (=someone you travel somewhere with)
I knew that Dave would be a good travelling companion.
a dinner/dining companion (=someone you have dinner with)
We saw him in the restaurant with a very attractive dinner companion.
a female/male companion
Do you know who his female companion was?
a good/perfect/wonderful companion
For older people a pet cat can be a very good companion.
a drinking companion (=someone you go out with to drink alcohol)
George was out again with his drinking companions.
a lifelong companion (=someone who lives or spends time with someone throughout their life)
Lucinda was her best friend and lifelong companion.
a boon companion literary (=a very close friend)
Charles arrived at the house, together with his boon companion Herbert.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

friend someone who you know and like very much and enjoy spending time with:
Dad, this is my friend Steve.
She’s going to Palm Springs with some friends.
I got a letter from a friend from college.
Amy’s a close friend of mine.
John was a really good friend to me when I had all those problems last year.
acquaintance /əˈkweɪntəns/ someone who you know and see sometimes, but who is not one of your close friends:
We borrowed the money from one of Paul’s business acquaintances.
mate British English informal a friend – used especially about boys or men:
He always goes to the pub with his mates on Friday night.
Terry’s an old mate of mine.
buddy American English informal a friend – used especially about men or young people:
He’s out playing basketball with some of his high school buddies.
pal informal a friend – pal sounds rather old-fashioned:
They met at school and have remained close pals.
crony [usually plural] disapproving a friend – used about powerful people who will help each other even if it is slightly dishonest:
He’s one of the President’s cronies.
companion written someone who spends time with you, doing the same things as you – used about animals as well as people:
travelling companions
His dog was his constant companion.
the perfect companion
the girls informal a woman’s female friends:
We’re having a girls’ night out.
the lads British English informal a man’s male friends:
a night out with the lads

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