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Spell Bee Word: companionship


Basic Details

Word: Companionship

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The pleasant feeling of having friendly company; friendship.

Synonyms: friendship, company, fellowship

Antonyms: loneliness, isolation

How to Spell Companionship

Syllables: com - pan - ion - ship

Tricky part: First spell companion correctly (pan in the middle, ion at the end), then add ship. No letter is dropped or doubled.

Watch out for: companionchip, compainionship, companianship

Memory tip: Friendship, partnership, companionship: three ways of being together, all ending in ship.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The old fisherman found companionship in his talkative parrot.

Example 2: Hostel life gave Kabir the companionship of boys from all over India.

Example 3: Many people keep a cat for companionship.

Fun Fact

The ending ship in words like companionship once meant shape or condition. It has nothing to do with the ship that sails.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: companionship

a) fellowship
b) company
c) friendship
d) loneliness

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d) loneliness. Loneliness is the sad feeling of having no company.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

companion

a) ship
b) ness
c) ment
d) dom

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a) ship. Ship joins on to companion with no change at all, just as leader becomes leadership.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nopshicompain

a) companionship
b) companions
c) compassion
d) championship

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a) companionship. Championship needs two h's and only one o, so the letters spell companionship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Companionship is what you get from ____.

a) spending time with friends
b) being alone all day
c) reading a timetable
d) sleeping late

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a) spending time with friends

2. Fill in the blank: After his friends moved away, Sameer missed their ____.

a) competition
b) companionship
c) comparison
d) compartment

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b) companionship

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