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- [kuh m-pan-yuh n]
- /kəmˈpæn yən/
- /kəmˈpæn.jən/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kuh m-pan-yuh n]
- /kəmˈpæn yən/
Definitions of companion word
- countable noun companion A companion is someone who you spend time with or who you are travelling with. 3
- noun companion a person who is an associate of another or others; comrade 3
- noun companion (esp formerly) an employee, usually a woman, who provides company for an employer, esp an elderly woman 3
- noun companion one of a pair; match 3
- noun companion (as modifier) 3
- noun companion a guidebook or handbook 3
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Origin of companion
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English compainoun < Anglo-French; Old French compaignon < Late Latin compāniōn- (stem of compāniō) messmate, equivalent to com- com- + pān(is) bread + -iōn- -ion; presumably as translation of a Gmc word; compare Gothic gahlaiba, Old High German galeipo
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Parts of speech for Companion
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
companion popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
companion usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for companion
noun companion
- colleague — Your colleagues are the people you work with, especially in a professional job.
- crony — You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them.
- comrade — Your comrades are your friends, especially friends that you share a difficult or dangerous situation with.
- buddy — A buddy is a close friend, usually a male friend of a man.
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
verb companion
- piggyback — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- squire — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- pass on — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- bring — If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
- attend — If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
adjective companion
- reciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- similar — having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way: two similar houses.
- consubstantial — (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect
- interdependent — mutually dependent; depending on each other.
Antonyms for companion
noun companion
- antagonist — Your antagonist is your opponent or enemy.
- opponent — a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- foe — a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
- foreigner — a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
- stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
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