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companionless

companionless adjective: without a companion; friendless, alone.

Adjective

companionless (not comparable)

  1. Without a companion; friendless, alone.
    • When he got abroad at last he was hardly grateful that he had been spared, remembering how lonely was his estate, how companionless and forlorn he was.1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 179

Origin of companionless

From companion + -less.

Words formed from companionless

Questions about companionless

What does companionless mean?
Companionless means without a companion; friendless, alone.
What part of speech is companionless?
Companionless is an adjective.

Words near companionless in the dictionary

  1. companioning
  2. companionize
  3. companionized
  4. companionizes
  5. companionizing
  6. companionless
  7. companionlessness
  8. companionly
  9. companions
  10. companionship
  11. companionships

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