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Antonyms for companionship
kəmˈpæn yənˌʃɪpcom·pan·ion·ship

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. companionship

    Acquaintance between persons supposes that each knows the other; we may know a public man by his writings or speeches, and by sight, but can not claim acquaintance unless he personally knows us. There may be pleasant acquaintance with little companionship; and conversely, much companionship with little acquaintance, as between busy clerks at adjoining desks. So there may be association in business without intimacy or friendship. Acquaintance admits of many degrees, from a slight or passing to a familiar or intimate acquaintance; but acquaintance unmodified commonly signifies less than familiarity or intimacy. As regards persons, familiarity is becoming restricted to the undesirable sense, as in the proverb, "Familiarity breeds contempt;" hence, in personal relations, the word intimacy, which refers to mutual knowledge of thought and feeling, is now uniformly preferred. Friendship includes acquaintance with some degree of intimacy, and ordinarily companionship, though in a wider sense friendship may exist between those who have never met, but know each other only by word and deed. Acquaintance does not involve friendship, for one may be well acquainted with an enemy. Fellowship involves not merely acquaintance and companionship, but sympathy as well. There may be much friendship without much fellowship, as between those whose homes or pursuits are far apart. There may be pleasant fellowship which does not reach the fulness of friendship. Compare ATTACHMENT; FRIENDSHIP; LOVE. As regards studies, pursuits, etc., acquaintance is less than familiarity, which supposes minute knowledge of particulars, arising often from long experience or association.

    Antonyms:
    ignorance, ignoring, inexperience, unfamiliarity

    Synonyms:
    acquaintance, association, experience, familiarity, fellowship, friendship, intimacy, knowledge

    Preposition:
    Acquaintance with a subject; of one person with another; between persons.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. companionship

    Antonyms:
    ignorance, distance, avoidance, estrangement, alienation, unfamiliarity, soitude, isolation

    Synonyms:
    converse, acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy, friendliness, association

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. company, companionship, fellowship, societynoun

    the state of being with someone

    "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends"

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, party, troupe, fellowship, beau monde, smart set, gild, club, family, ship's company, bon ton, high society, guild, caller, company, order, lodge

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. companionshipnoun

    Synonyms:
    association, intimacy, fellowship, society, company

How to use companionship in a sentence?

  1. Henry Adams:

    Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

  2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.

  3. Rachel Carson:

    If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.

  4. Clifford Villalon:

    Companionship accelerates caring and compassion even for those people who are not so closed to the one being loved.

  5. Leonard Hodgson:

    To St. Paul, stripes, stones, shipwrecks, and thorns in the flesh were religious experiences to Judas Iscariot, the daily companionship of Jesus of Nazareth was not.

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#8045isolation
#11981ignorance
#13300ignoring
#16207avoidance
#28886alienation
#34551companionship
#63840inexperience
#89530estrangement
#121757unfamiliarity

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