COLLEAGUESHIP Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

colleagueship

noun

as in companionship

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Noun

There is a level of attention, sure, but that becomes affection and a sense of companionship.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
This is a healthy relationship to have with these women — companionship is important, but boundaries are even better.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of companionship

Noun

Lovely Butterfly moves between the tactility of personal letters and abstraction of aerial digital maps, mediating the scales of intimacy and distance.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Lee’s lines have the intimacy and metaphysical heft of prayer; their elegant recursions and repetitions call to mind the cycles of life, death, and rebirth.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of intimacy

Noun

With their countries in a generational contest for economic and technological dominance, the two appear to be betting that a combination of personal rapport and mutual interest can prevent the competition from boiling over into open conflict.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Beckham and Jaxson Dart never appeared to develop any obvious chemistry during training camp, but Jameis Winston and Beckham had a rapport.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of rapport

Noun

In 1978, Leckey moved to New York for a one-year fellowship provided by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
According to Victory World Outreach, Alvarez previously served as a pastor within its fellowship.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of fellowship

Noun

These sensual glimmers are no match for the antagonistic sociality of straight male relationships, which, in this novel, quickly convert sympathy or desire into rivalry and aggression.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Greta, Fritz and the pastor each quietly reject the death drive of the mayor, whose Nazi sympathies wind up coming back to haunt his own family.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

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