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 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 Yet the weight of transcendent meaning and mysticism which gets transferred from divinity to companionate marriage here (as everywhere else in our world) seems a cruelly heavy burden upon intimate life. — Mark Greif, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for companionate
  1. harmonious
  2. balanced
  3. consonant
  4. decorous
  5. congruous
  6. respectable
  7. satisfactory
  8. correct
Adjective
  • When balanced with thoughtful material selections and a clear design focus, bold tile can make a bath feel both expressive and harmonious.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
  • On July 21, Jupiter will meet with Uranus in a harmonious sextile, creating an energizing connection between our personal expansion and the changes available to us at this time.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Definition of harmonious
Adjective
  • This new expression aims to deliver a more intense agave character, inspired by bartender requests for a robust yet balanced spirit for cocktails.
    — Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Scale and proportion also play a major role in helping groupings look balanced.
    — Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2026
Definition of balanced
Adjective
  • 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
  • The method of literacy instruction is often associated with smaller letter sounds, like consonant blends or syllables.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of consonant
Adjective
  • The press coverage in Austria and Germany had been relatively decorous.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • This is a lovely, if rather decorous and reverent, tale of an illicit affair that’s unlikely to cause as much noise as Dhont’s last two films.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 May 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
  • The battery can accept up to 100kW of DC charging, which is a respectable figure for a plug-in hybrid and faster than some pure-electric cars can manage.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • That’s a perfectly respectable field, though most of the players are likely unknown to casual sports fans.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of respectable
Adjective
  • Even a successful ground invasion would not guarantee a satisfactory outcome unless political leaders had a credible plan for the post-invasion governance and order.
    — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • IQAir expects the air quality index (AQI) to improve throughout the day Monday, even reaching the green level that is considered satisfactory.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Definition of satisfactory
Adjective
  • The bartender opened his Baseball Almanac to check Sullivan’s work; every digit was correct.
    — Mac Engel July 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • If the early temperature reading is correct, and the buzz holds, the film enters the fall corridor as the one everybody else has to beat.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of correct

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