1
as in warm
having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest
a companionable pat on the back let me know that my shipmates were now my friends
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as in outgoing
likely to seek or enjoy the company of others
a good club for companionable enthusiasts of the great outdoors
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Recent Examples of companionable
The opera is too domesticated, earthbound, and companionable to convey that extreme bleakness.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
For a while, the team sits together in the truck, watching in companionable silence as the lumbering giants disappear, one by one, into the trees.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
The companionable dynamics in his scenes with Melling and Kene are a treat and help to leaven the languor that sets in the back-half of the run-time.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
The glance of her companionable eye, the flash of her comprehending smile possess the electrical quality to an all-conquering degree.
—Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
For a while, the team sits together in the truck, watching in companionable silence as the lumbering giants disappear, one by one, into the trees.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
The companionable dynamics in his scenes with Melling and Kene are a treat and help to leaven the languor that sets in the back-half of the run-time.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
The glance of her companionable eye, the flash of her comprehending smile possess the electrical quality to an all-conquering degree.
—Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for companionable
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The movie was roundly rejected by critics and general audiences aren’t any warmer, with moviegoer survey firm Cinema Score polling a bad C- grade among early viewers.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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The pastel colorway, which also includes a warm blue and a mushroom hue bestows a sort of quiet luxury to your chamber.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
20 Sep. 2025
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The two will face off in the November election in a race to replace outgoing Mayor Mike Duggan, who is campaigning for Michigan governor as an independent in the 2026 election.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The neighbor, according to a search warrant reviewed by Forbes, was an outgoing inventory management specialist at the Quantico, Virginia, headquarters of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Rather, this is merely one more reflection of how Iger has long sought to position Disney as a family-friendly, classic Americana brand with appeal across all sides while eschewing blatantly divisive programming.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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The result is a more stable, income-friendly sector—even if production growth is less dramatic.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Their contempt for freedom and social order trades the politics of reason and persuasion—Charlie's life's work—for the false politics of violence and murder.—
Brooke L. Rollins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Reverend William Barber II, is a pastor and social justice activist who was once invited to discuss with Kirk the role of religion in public life, though that discussion didn't materialize.—
Michel Martin,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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With news of Redford’s death Tuesday at age 89, several Tiburon residents remembered him as a gracious, unassuming man who liked to walk around town and patronize local restaurants.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Bluemercury was gracious enough to clue our editors in on what its hottest products of the season are, so that you can be better informed when filling your cart with moisturizers, shampoos, serums, hair styling tools, eyeliners, and all sorts of other beauty essentials.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Finally, researchers found widespread deposits of sepiolite, a mineral that forms in low-temperature, alkaline waters considered highly hospitable from an Earth perspective.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Was there ever an environment less hospitable to humans?—
Thomas Page McBee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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An exhibition kitchen and a lively bar anchor the dining room, with sculptural lighting, natural textures and a convivial hum that makes every table feel like the best seat in the house.—
Melinda Sheckells,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Georgia Brown’s Former President Clinton, with news cameras in tow, hosted then-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for a convivial lunch in the Georgetown neighborhood of the nation’s capital in 1994.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Companionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companionable. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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