All companion synonyms
comΒ·panΒ·ion
C c noun companion
- colleague β Your colleagues are the people you work with, especially in a professional job.
- crony β You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them.
- comrade β Your comrades are your friends, especially friends that you share a difficult or dangerous situation with.
- buddy β A buddy is a close friend, usually a male friend of a man.
- associate β If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- assistant β Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
- aide β An aide is an assistant to someone who has an important job, especially in government or in the armed forces.
- mate β a tealike South American beverage made from the dried leaves of an evergreen tree.
- ally β A country's ally is another country that has an agreement to support it, especially in war.
- cousin β Your cousin is the child of your uncle or aunt.
- partner β a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- nurse β a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- protector β a person or thing that protects; defender; guardian.
- guide β to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
- accomplice β Someone's accomplice is a person who helps them to commit a crime.
- co-worker β Your co-workers are the people you work with, especially people on the same job or project as you.
- playmate β a companion, especially of a child, in play or recreation.
- convoy β A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships travelling together.
- consort β If you say that someone consorts with a particular person or group, you mean that they spend a lot of time with them, and usually that you do not think this is a good thing.
- chaperon β (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- double β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- complement β If one thing complements another, it goes well with the other thing and makes its good qualities more noticeable.
- sidekick β a close friend.
- counterpart β Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
- accompaniment β The accompaniment to a song or tune is the music that is played at the same time as it and forms a background to it.
- confederate β Someone's confederates are the people they are working with in a secret activity.
- concomitant β Concomitant is used to describe something that happens at the same time as another thing and is connected with it.
- attendant β An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom.
- safeguard β something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- pal β a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kg) to overseas servicemen: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged. Compare SAM (def 2).
- match β a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- roomie β roommate.
- comate β having tufts of hair
- cuz β Cuz is an informal way of saying because.
- pard β partner; companion.
- friend β a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- chum β Your chum is your friend.
- cohort β A person's cohorts are their friends, supporters, or associates.
- acquaintance β An acquaintance is someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well.
- confidant β Someone's confidant is a man who they are able to discuss their private problems with.
- helper β a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- fellow traveler β a person who supports or sympathizes with a political party, especially the Communist Party, but is not an enrolled member.
verb companion
- piggyback β on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- squire β (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- pass on β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- bring β 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 β If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
- gunned β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- conduct β When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
- piloting β a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.