companion

1. 1.

   be a companion to somebody

   Synonymscompanyaccompanykeep company

   Broaderconsort

Other forms of companion

plural

companions·

past tense

companioned·

present participle

companioning·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about companion

What does companion mean?

companion means "a friend who is frequently in the company of another". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in companion?

companion has 3 syllables: com-pan-ion. The stress falls on "pan". In IPA it is /kəmˈpænjən/.

What is another word for companion?

Close synonyms include comrade, fellow, familiar, associate, fellow traveler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is companion a common word?

companion is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.