Word Meanings - PLAYMATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A companion in diversions; a playfellow.

Related words: (words related to PLAYMATE)

• COMPANIONLESS
  Without a companion.
• PLAYFELLOW
  A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate. Shak.
• COMPANIONABLE
  Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." Mallett. "Companionable wit." Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv.
• COMPANION
  companio , fr. L. com- + panis 1. 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;
• COMPANIONSHIP
  Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one. Shak. He never seemed to avail himself of my sympathy other than by mere companionship. W. Irwing