Definition of Companionable

1. Adjective. Suggestive of companionship. "A companionable pet"

Similar to: Sociable
Derivative terms: Companionability, Companionableness

Definition of Companionable

1. a. Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable.

Definition of Companionable

1. Adjective. Having the characteristics of a worthy companion; friendly and sociable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Companionable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Companionable

compands
compane
companiable
companie
companied
companies
companion
companion animal
companion artery to sciatic nerve
companion cell
companion ladder
companion ladders
companion lymph nodes of accessory nerve
companion vein
companionability
companionable (current term)
companionableness
companionably
companionate
companionate marriage
companioned
companioning
companionless
companionlessness
companionly
companions
companionship
companionships
companionway
companionways

Literary usage of Companionable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin: History and Biography, with Portrait by Parker McCobb Reed (1882)
"... is a warm-hearted, companionable gentleman, whose personal traits are extremely attractive; is generous to a fault, and has hosts of admiring friends, ..."

2. A History of the Baptists: Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices by Thomas Armitage (1887)
"... a mass of two millions of people from all lands, a prisoner, unknown and nearly alone, may have dampened and even stifled his companionable soul with ..."

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