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colleagueship

noun

as in companionship

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  1. companionship
  2. intimacy
  3. rapport
  4. fellowship
  5. company
  6. sympathy
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
  • For his part, Zhou helped establish a rapport by wielding humor.
    — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Raymond, who signed a one-year contract in free agency, was targeted a team-high nine times, indicating a rapport with Williams.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 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
  • Given the fact Iger did return to the company, that belief was not unwarranted.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Last October, OpenAI announced plans to partner with a local company to build a data centre powered by clean energy costing up to $25 billion.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of company
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
Definition of sympathy
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“Colleagueship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colleagueship. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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