Companion may refer to:
- A friend or acquaintance you associate yourself with
- Companion (caregiving), a nurse assistant or similar professional who assists a patient one-on-one
- Companion (ship), an architectural feature of ships
- Companion animal, a pet animal kept for companionship
- Companion parrot, a pet parrot that interacts with its owner
- Companion matrix, a matrix with a specific relation to its characteristic polynomial p
- Companion star, a star in a binary star system
- Companion weapon, an object held in the non-sword hand while fencing
- Muhammad's companions, the Sahaba
- Companion cavalry, Alexander the Great's elite cavalry
- Foot Companion, the primary type of soldier in Alexander the Great's army
- Lady's companion, a genteel woman who acted as a companion for woman of rank or wealth
- Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach
- Companion planting, planting of different crops in close physical proximity
- A handbook or guide book or compendium e.g. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion or The Oxford Companion to Music
- A member of a Holy Royal Arch chapter
- A domestic partner
- A concubine
- An intelligent conversational agent as in the Companions Project
- An companion in the Islamic religion: Sahabah
Famous quotes containing the word companion:
“I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“My companion and I, having a minute’s discussion on some point of ancient history, were amused by the attitude which the Indian, who could not tell what we were talking about, assumed. He constituted himself umpire, and, judging by our air and gesture, he very seriously remarked from time to time, “you beat,” or “he beat.””
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The Indian remarked as before, “Must have hard wood to cook moose-meat,” as if that were a maxim, and proceeded to get it. My companion cooked some in California fashion, winding a long string of the meat round a stick and slowly turning it in his hand before the fire. It was very good. But the Indian, not approving of the mode, or because he was not allowed to cook it his own way, would not taste it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)