Boyfriend vs. Companion

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

A male friend.

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

Example: ‘if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked’;

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 .

Example: ‘girlfriend’;

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

Example: ‘His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.’;

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

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

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

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

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

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

Example: ‘The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.’;

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

A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.

Example: ‘a companion of the Bath’;

A fellow; a rogue.

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

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

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.

Example: ‘The companions of his fall.’; ‘The companion of fools shall smart for it.’; ‘Here are your sons again; and I must loseTwo of the sweetest companions in the world.’; ‘A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate.’;

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

A fellow; - in contempt.

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

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

To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

Example: ‘Companion me with my mistress.’;

a person who is frequently in the company of another;

Example: ‘drinking companions’; ‘comrades in arms’;

a traveler who accompanies you

one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

be a companion to somebody