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Antonyms for companion
kəmˈpæn yəncom·pan·ion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.3 / 4 votes

  1. companion

    Colleague is used always in a good sense, associate and coadjutor generally so; ally, assistant, associate, attendant, companion, helper, either in a good or a bad sense; abetter, accessory, accomplice, confederate, almost always in a bad sense. Ally is oftenest used of national and military matters, or of some other connection regarded as great and important; as, allies of despotism. Colleague is applied to civil and ecclesiastical connections; members of Congress from the same State are colleagues, even though they may be bitter opponents politically and personally. An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is near in rank to the Chief Justice. A surgeon's assistant is a physician or medical student who shares in the treatment and care of patients; a surgeon's attendant is one who rolls bandages and the like. Follower, henchman, retainer are persons especially devoted to a chief, and generally bound to him by necessity, fee, or reward. Partner has come to denote almost exclusively a business connection. In law, an abettor (the general legal spelling) is always present, either actively or constructively, at the commission of the crime; an accessory never. An accomplice is usually a principal; an accessory never. If present, though only to stand outside and keep watch against surprise, one is an abettor, and not an accessory. At common law, an accessory implies a principal, and can not be convicted until after the conviction of the principal; the accomplice or abettor can be convicted as a principal. Accomplice and abettor have nearly the same meaning, but the former is the popular, the latter more distinctively the legal term. Compare APPENDAGE; AUXILIARY.

    Antonyms:
    adversary, antagonist, betrayer, chief, commander, enemy, foe, hinderer, instigator, leader, opponent, opposer, principal, rival

    Synonyms:
    abetter, abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, coadjutor, colleague, confederate, follower, helper, henchman, participator, partner, retainer

    Preposition:
    An accessory to the crime; before or after the fact; the accessories of a figure in a painting.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.5 / 4 votes

  1. companion

    Antonyms:
    rival, toe, antagonist, adversary

    Synonyms:
    associate, mate, comrade, colleague, ally, partner, accomplice, coadjutor

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Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 7 votes

  1. companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associatenoun

    a friend who is frequently in the company of another

    "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

    Synonyms:
    brother, dude, boyfriend, feller, mate, lad, bloke, associate degree, beau, young man, blighter, familiar, gent, confrere, colleague, swain, cuss, fella, fellow traveller, familiar spirit, chap, comrade, fellow, associate, buster, fellow traveler

  2. companion, fellow traveler, fellow travellernoun

    a traveler who accompanies you

    Synonyms:
    fellow traveller, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate, fellow traveler

  3. companionverb

    one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

    Synonyms:
    fellow traveller, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate, fellow traveler

  4. company, companion, accompany, keep companyverb

    be a companion to somebody

    Synonyms:
    company, go with, accompany, attach to, keep company, come with, play along, follow

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. companionnoun

    Synonyms:
    associate, comrade, intimate, consort, partner, fellow, mate, chum, compeer, confederate, accomplice, ally, colleague, crony, confrère, concomitant, accessory

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD1.0 / 1 vote

  1. COMPANION

    Synonyms:
    Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing and Defibrillation in Chronic Heart Failure

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. alone together

    a person will socialise with all people directly in all places.

    Submitted by elbertfarage on June 22, 2020  

How to use companion in a sentence?

  1. Henry David Thoreau:

    I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

  2. Tony Blair:

    It is an immense honour to be appointed Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and I am deeply grateful to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

  3. Paul Valery:

    God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.

  4. Samuel Smiles:

    Hope...is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

  5. Robert Crane:

    I was aware that he loved women and that he probably should not have been married, he probably should have been a single guy because he was not the most faithful companion in the world. I was aware of that. I was aware of his love of photography… When home video came out in the mid-60s, he had to have one of the first units. I was aware of him taping women with their consent… It was always consensual. There was nothing hidden. There were no drugs. Both people wanted to be there.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1793chief
#2047leader
#2831principal
#4741toe
#4784enemy
#6145commander
#6838companion
#9071opponent
#11080rival
#20381foe
#24833adversary
#27459antagonist
#80055instigator
#124547opposer
#132577betrayer
#331893hinderer

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