Boyfriend vs. Companion

Boyfriendnoun

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

Boyfriendnoun

A male friend.

Boyfriendnoun

a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman;

Boyfriend

A boyfriend is a male friend or acquaintance, often specifying a regular male companion with whom a person is romantically or sexually involved.A boyfriend can also be called an admirer, beau, suitor and sweetheart. The analogous female term is .

Companionnoun

A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company

Companionnoun

(dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.

Companionnoun

(nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.

Companionnoun

(nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.

Companionnoun

(topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.

Companionnoun

(figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.

Companionnoun

(attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.

Companionnoun

(astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.

Companionnoun

A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.

Companionnoun

A fellow; a rogue.

Companionverb

(obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

Companionverb

(obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

Companionnoun

One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.

Companionnoun

A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.

Companionnoun

A fellow; - in contempt.

Companionnoun

A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.

Companionverb

To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

Companionverb

To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

Companionnoun

a person who is frequently in the company of another;

Companionnoun

a traveler who accompanies you

Companionnoun

one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

Companionverb

be a companion to somebody