Getting hitched and biting your tongue Newspaper idioms. Add companion to one of your lists below, or create a new one. Add to word list Add to word list. B2 a person you spend a lot of time with often because you are friends or because you are travelling together:. The dog has been her constant companion these past ten years.
Synonyms buddy informal. Compare acquaintance. She went travelling with a female companion. Mabel will be a good companion for my mother. He was hired to act as Gerald's companion. He has been her constant companion for over 50 years. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People who help or serve people professionally.
I've still got one of the candlesticks but I've lost its companion. Numbers: groups of things according to number. Books: kinds of books. He shared his cabin with his wife and constant companion of 62 years. Examples of companion. The figure is clothed in a fine chiton, as are all his companions. From the Cambridge English Corpus. In the second, it designates a missive from a white man about an ageless adventurer and the expeditions he leads with his companions.
The independent variables included measures of somatic morbidity mortality risk, impairment in sensory functions , social resources number of living companions, income , and dementia and depression. In the domain of social relations at least in terms of reported close companions , gender differences were more prominent than age differences.
First, the male- female bonding is weakened owing to the low frequency of male interactions with most of his female companions.
