company

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. companionship, fellowship; association, corporation, partnership, firm; cast, troupe; group, assembly; troop, platoon, squad; society; gang; crowd, party (both inf.). See accompaniment, assemblage, drama, combatant, business, sociality.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Associates]

Syn. group, club, troop, fellowship; see organization 3 .

2. [A group of people]

Syn. assembly, throng, band; see gathering .

3. [People organized for business]

Syn. partnership, firm, corporation; see business 4 .

4. [Social intercourse]

Syn. friendly intercourse, society, companionship; see association 1 , fellowship 1 .

5. [A guest or guests]

Syn. visitor(s), caller(s), overnight guest(s), unexpected guest(s), boarder(s); see also guest 1 .

See Synonym Study at troop .

• keep (a person) company,

Syn. stay with, visit, amuse; see accompany 1 , entertain 1 , visit 2 .

• keep company,

Syn. go together, go steady, associate with; see accompany 1 , associate 1 , date 2 .

• part company,

Syn. separate, part, break with, fall out; see leave 1 , oppose 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. companionship friendship, fellowship, *chumminess, society, presence.

2. visitor guest, caller, friends over.

3. group band, party, troupe, throng, gathering, assembly, entourage.

4. firm corporation, business, concern, establishment, partnership, enterprise, outfit.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, assembly, body, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. Informal: get-together. See COLLECT. 2. A person or persons visiting one: guest, visitant, visitor. See ACCOMPANIED. 3. A pleasant association among people: companionship, fellowship, society. See CONNECT, GROUP. 4. A commercial organization: business, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm2, house. Informal: outfit. See GROUP. 5. A group of people acting together in a shared activity: band2, corps, party, troop, troupe. See PERFORMING ARTS. II verb To be with or go with (another): accompany, attend, companion, escort. Obsolete: consort. Idiom: go hand in hand with. See ACCOMPANIED.