resembling, appropriate to, or acting as a companion
2.
harmoniously suited
companionate in American English
(kəmˈpænjənɪt)
adjective
of or like companions
companionate in American English
(kəmˈpænjənɪt)
adjective
1.
of, by, or like companions
2.
tastefully harmonious
Word origin
[1650–60; companion1 + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burlesque, cardholder, parameter, profile, romantic-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)
Examples of 'companionate' in a sentence
companionate
The companionate marriage - a middle-class phenomenon where couples shared interests - spread throughout society.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This view has faded a little in the age of modern companionate marriage and rising female expectations.