companion
Syllables: com·pan·ion/kəmˈpæn.jən/
companion noun: a friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies.
Noun
companion (plural companions)
- A friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
- His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.
- Heere are your Sonnes againe, and I muſt looſe / Two of the ſweet’ſt Companions in the World.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
- The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
- The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
- A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
- A person, thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another person, thing or phenomenon.
- An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.
- The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.
- A celestial object that is associated with another.
- A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
- a companion of the Bath
- A fellow; a rogue.
- [L]et vs knog our praines together to be reuenge on this ſame ſcall ſcuruy-cogging-companion the Hoſt of the Garter.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Verb
companion (third-person singular simple present companions, present participle companioning, simple past and past participle companioned)
- To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
- we had better turn south quickly and compare the elements of education which formed , and of creation which companioned , Salvator .1865, John Ruskin, Precious Thoughts
- To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
- Finde me to marrie me with Octauius Cæſar, and companion me with my Miſtris.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
companion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
companion in Hindi
- someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
- साथी sāthī, सहचर sahcar, सहचरी sahacrī, हमसफ़र hamsafar, हमराह hamrāh
companion in Tamil
- உடனிருப்பவன், தோழன், சகா
companion in Marathi
- companion, adherent, follower
- सहाय sahāy
companion in Urdu
- someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
- ساتھی sāthī, ہَمْسَفَر hamsafar, ہَمْراہ hamrāh, شَرِیک śarīk, رَفِیق rafīq
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- companion in Bengali
- সঙ্গী śoṅgi
- companion in Malayalam
- തുണ tuṇa
- companion in Kannada
- ಸಂಗಾತಿ, ಸಹಚರ, ಒಡನಾಡಿ, ಜೊತೆಗಾರ
- companion in Punjabi
- ہانی hāṇī, ਸਾਥ sāth, ਹਾਣੀ hāṇī
- companion in Sanskrit
- द्वितीय dvitīya
- companion in Nepali
- मित्र mitra
- companion in Pashto
- شريک šarik, ملګری mëlgëray
- companion in Tagalog
- apungot, kasama
- companion in Arabic
- صَاحِب ṣāḥib, صَاحِبَة ṣāḥiba
- companion in Malay
- teman
- companion in Indonesian
- teman
- companion in Thai
- สหาย sà-hǎai
- companion in Vietnamese
- bầu bạn
- companion in Myanmar
- အဖော် a.hpau
Examples of companion in a sentence
- The krogan have had a love-hate relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasured companions.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Varren Codex entry:
- For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde.2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone:
Forms of companion
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | companions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | companions |
| present participle | companioning |
| past participle | companioned |
| past | companioned |
Origin of companion
From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō, whence French copain), from com- + pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ընկեր (ənker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). More at co-, loaf. Displaced native Old English ġefēra (literally “fellow traveler”). Compare company and mate.
Words formed from companion
- animal companion
- boon companion
- companimal
- companionable
- uncompanionable
- companion animal
- companionate
- companion cell
- companioness
- companion hatch
- companionhood
- companionize
- companion ladder
- companionless
- companionly
- companion piece
- companion-plant
- companion plant
- companion planting
- companion set
- companionship
- companionway
- free companion
- ladies' companion
- native companion
- pot-companion
- traveling companion
Phrases with companion
Words that rhyme with companion
Questions about companion
- What does companion mean?
- Companion means a friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies.
- What is companion in Hindi?
- Companion in Hindi is साथी (sāthī), सहचर (sahcar), सहचरी (sahacrī). See Companion meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use companion in a sentence?
- The krogan have had a love-hate relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasured companions.
- What part of speech is companion?
- Companion can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce companion?
- Companion is pronounced /kəmˈpæn.jən/.
- What is the plural of companion?
- The plural of companion is companions.
Words near companion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: companion (page history and authors); companion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सहाय (Marathi) (page history and authors); തുണ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); companion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ہانی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); मित्र (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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