companionate

adjective

Definition of companionatenext
as in harmonious

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Recent Examples of companionate What matters more in long-term relationships is companionate love, where the partners have a calmer, friendship-like connection. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025 For parents needing to refine the companionate element of their relationship, Brooks advised scheduling thirty minutes each day to talk about your day, worries or interests with each other. — Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025 For many couples, romantic feelings can evolve into a companionate bond over time. — Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 This kind of familiarity—a way of talking through the screen, jostling past even the most interesting particulars set forward in a script—can make a performer a kind of alien, companionate presence onscreen. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024 That lovingness matches, in a weird way, the tone of Death’s monologues, which, despite a constant Catskills-esque patter of dark jokes about the daily vagaries and indignities of his work, often sound like a companionate essay by Jacobs-Jenkins. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023 These examples make a case for animals having emotional attachments, not unlike companionate love in humans. — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2021 That’s because companionate love (for a long-term partner), romantic love and lust are orchestrated by three different brain systems, which operate in tandem. — Dina Cheney, Good Housekeeping, 2 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for companionate
  1. harmonious
  2. balanced
  3. consonant
  4. decorous
  5. congruous
  6. respectable
  7. satisfactory
  8. correct
Adjective
  • In the meantime, Venus in Libra will meet with Pluto retrograde in a harmonious alignment, adding depth, magnetism and a bit of psychological intrigue to the energetic atmosphere.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Partnership feels friendly as nurturing Moon lights your 7th House of Partnership, trining harmonious Venus in your 11th House of Friends and Community.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of harmonious
Adjective
  • This well-balanced and resilient Braves squad is clearly built for a deep postseason run.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Second-year head coach Matt Hatchette promises a balanced offensive attack.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of balanced
Adjective
  • The film’s treatment of Odysseus’s lies, too, seems consonant with the Ten Commandments instead of Homer’s moral worldview.
    — Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
  • But recent research found that members of the Tsimane’, a native Amazonian society in Bolivia, rate consonant and dissonant chords as equally pleasurable.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Definition of consonant
Adjective
  • What used to be called UFOs and now go by the more decorous handle of UAPs—or unidentified anomalous phenomena—are being given the full investigatory treatment.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The press coverage in Austria and Germany had been relatively decorous.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of decorous
Adjective
  • Hannah is a sustainability consultant and climate impact manager, which is congruous with an outdoor ethos and the culture around bike guiding.
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
  • On the pool deck, a minimalist railing acts as a congruous border to this backyard retreat.
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
Definition of congruous
Adjective
  • Reese, by the way, finished Monday's loss to the Aces with respectable numbers.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Welbeck led the way in masking that blow, as Brighton ended up with a respectable total of 52 league goals last season — 10th-best in the division.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of respectable
Adjective
  • Employees may have to explain context that the agent should already have or fail to provide it at all, which can potentially result in tasks being performed to less-than-satisfactory expectations.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
  • While the result is not fully satisfactory, Khun Tharo, program manager at CENTRAL, said the organization respects the workers’ decision.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
Definition of satisfactory
Adjective
  • Many people struggled to determine how much liquid to add to dissolve the powder and the correct dose to draw up once it was dissolved.
    — C. Michael White, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And the only person who is the correct heir to the throne is Johnny Knoxville.
    — Julian Le Ballister, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of correct

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“Companionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companionate. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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