How do you use the word "companion" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "companion": My companion said that she was too tired to walk, let alone run. Envy is the companion of honour.

Companion Meaning

/kəmˈpæn.jən/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies

nounA person employed to accompany or travel with another.

Sentence Examples

My companion said that she was too tired to walk, let alone run.

Envy is the companion of honour.

White wine is the usual companion of fish.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

company accompany fellow

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

She brought a loyal ____ along for the entire hiking trip.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

A dog can be a very loyal and loving ____ for lonely people.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō, whence French copain), from com- + pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ընկեր (ənker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). More at co-, loaf. Displaced native Old English ġefēra (literally “fellow traveler”). Compare company and mate.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Heere are your Sonnes againe, and I muſt looſe / Two of the ſweet’ſt Companions in the World." — 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 398, column 1:

"The krogan have had a love-hate relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasured companions." — 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Varren Codex entry:

"For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. "Well, I guess I know what I like," he once said when asked about his preferences." — 2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone:

"[L]et vs knog our praines together to be reuenge on this ſame ſcall ſcuruy-cogging-companion the Hoſt of the Garter." — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 49, column 1, line 111:

"we had better turn south quickly and compare the elements of education which formed , and of creation which companioned , Salvator ." — 1865, John Ruskin, Precious Thoughts:

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