companionless
- adjective
- /kəmˈpænjənləs/
:
sin compañía
- After her friends moved away, she often spent weekends feeling companionless and isolated.
Examples
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When Olvidado Andrieu surrendered his gift, he embraced a companionless insularity, an existence without a Miranda and almost completely without an Ariel.
Fiction book (1997) -
Well, that is AI mean being in control and then going companionless, going solo that that's still a bit of a leap.
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It is the one in which Lewis-Kraus is companionless and at his most reflective.
Blog text (15) -
This solitary figure on the cinder path betokens Eveline's father, who also seems a companionless figure, his only friend having left for Melbourne.
Academic text (2016) -
Companionless, therefore, on that cold December morning on the edge of Christmas, I set off in the slush—for there was a drizzle to the day, and the heavy snows of Saturday night and Sunday morning were sliding off the rooftops and into the gutters with a hiss.
Fiction book (1998) -
On a quiet evening, she felt companionless as she sat alone in her dark apartment.
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The companionless traveler wandered through the empty streets, longing for company.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
By yourself with no other people present
191
4.6
Being alone and not with other people or things
176
2.7
By itself with no other people or things nearby
78
4.2
Feeling separated from other people and having little contact
14
4.6
Without another person to go with you
9
5.3
Not having anyone to talk to or support you
7
3.5
Alone and not near other people or things
1
4.2
Alone because there is no one to be with
1
7.8
Not having a partner for love or marriage
Alone with no friends and no one to help or speak for you
Not in a romantic relationship or living with someone
Antonyms
How Alone
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word companionless comes from companion, which comes from words meaning 'with' (com-) and 'bread' (panis). A companion was originally someone you share bread with and the same idea is in the word company, so companionless means 'without someone to be with'.