companionship

com·pan·ion·ship

noun \kəm-ˈpan-yən-ˌship\

Definition of COMPANIONSHIP

: the fellowship existing among companions : company

Examples of COMPANIONSHIP

1. <the widow's pet cats provided her with her only companionship>

First Known Use of COMPANIONSHIP

1548

Related to COMPANIONSHIP

Synonyms: brotherhood, camaraderie, community, company, comradery, comradeship, fellowship, society

Related Words: amity, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, friendship, goodwill, kindliness; civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport; charity, generosity; affinity, compassion, empathy, sympathy; chumminess, familiarity, inseparability, intimacy, nearness; affection, devotion, fondness, love

Near Antonyms: forlornness, loneliness, lonesomeness

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Rhymes with COMPANIONSHIP

accountantship, acquaintanceship, apostleship, apprenticeship, artisanship, assistantship, attorneyship, championship, chancellorship, citizenship, commandership, containership, cross-ownership, dictatorship, directorship, discipleship, editorship, factory ship, Freudian slip, good-fellowship, guardianship, headmastership, instructorship, landownership, laureateship, managership, median strip, musicianship, ombudsmanship, one-upmanship, outdoorsmanship, overlordship, partisanship, potato chip, professorship, protectorship, receivership, rejection slip, relationship, run a tight ship, shoot from the hip, stiff upper lip, survivorship, treasurership