company
noun
1 company
An institution created to conduct business.
Roget 599:
the drama,
the stage,
the theater,
the play;
film the film,
movies,
motion pictures,
cinema,
cinematography;
theatricals,
dramaturgy,
histrionic art,
buskin,
sock,
cothurnus†,
Melpomene and Thalia,
Thespis.
play,
drama,
stage play,
piece [Fr.],
five-act play,
tragedy,
comedy,
opera,
vaudeville,
comedietta†,
lever de rideau [Fr.],
interlude,
afterpiece†,
exode†,
farce,
divertissement,
extravaganza,
burletta†,
harlequinade†,
pantomime,
burlesque,
opera bouffe [Fr.],
ballet,
spectacle,
masque,
drame comedie drame [Fr.];
melodrama,
melodrame†;
comidie larmoyante [Fr.],
sensation drama;
tragicomedy,
farcical-comedy;
monodrame monologue;
duologue trilogy†;
charade,
proverbs;
mystery,
miracle play;
musical,
musical comedy.
[movies]
western,
horse opera;
flick [Coll.];
spy film,
love story,
adventure film,
documentary,
nature film;
pornographic film,
smoker,
skin flick,
X-rated film.
act,
scene,
tableau;
induction,
introduction;
prologue,
epilogue;
libretto.
performance,
representation,
mise en scene [Fr.],
stagery†,
jeu de theatre [Fr.];
acting;
gesture
etc.
550;
impersonation
etc.
554;
stage business,
gag,
buffoonery.
light comedy,
genteel comedy,
low comedy.
theater;
playhouse,
opera house;
house;
music hall;
amphitheater,
circus,
hippodrome,
theater in the round;
puppet show,
fantoccini†;
marionettes,
Punch and Judy.
auditory,
auditorium,
front of the house,
stalls,
boxes,
pit,
gallery,
parquet;
greenroom,
coulisses [Fr.].
flat;
drop,
drop scene;
wing,
screen,
side scene;
transformation scene,
curtain,
act drop;
proscenium.
stage,
scene,
scenery,
the boards;
trap,
mezzanine floor;
flies;
floats,
footlights;
offstage;
orchestra.
theatrical costume,
theatrical properties.
movie studio,
back lot,
on location.
part,
role,
character,
dramatis personae [Lat.];
repertoire.
actor,
thespian,
player;
method actor;
stage player,
strolling player;
stager,
performer;
mime,
mimer†;
artists;
comedian,
tragedian;
tragedienne,
Roscius;
star,
movie star,
star of stage and screen,
superstar,
idol,
sex symbol;
supporting actor,
supporting cast;
ham,
hamfatter [Slang];
masker†.
pantomimist,
clown harlequin,
buffo†,
buffoon,
farceur,
grimacer,
pantaloon,
columbine;
punchinello†;
pulcinello†,
pulcinella†;
extra,
bit-player,
walk-on role,
cameo appearance;
mute,
figurante†,
general utility;
super,
supernumerary.
company;
first tragedian,
prima donna [Sp.],
protagonist;
jeune premier [Fr.];
debutant,
debutante [Fr.];
light comedian,
genteel comedian,
low comedian;
walking gentleman,
amoroso†,
heavy father,
ingenue [Fr.],
jeune veuve [Fr.].
mummer,
guiser†,
guisard†,
gysart†,
masque.
mountebank,
Jack Pudding;
tumbler,
posture master,
acrobat;
contortionist;
ballet dancer,
ballet girl;
chorus singer;
coryphee danseuse [Fr.].
property man,
costumier,
machinist;
prompter,
call boy;
manager;
director,
stage manager,
acting manager.
producer,
entrepreneur,
impresario;
backer,
investor,
angel [Fig.].
dramatic author,
dramatic writer;
play writer,
playwright;
dramatist,
mimographer†.
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Roget 726:
combatant;
disputant,
controversialist,
polemic,
litigant,
belligerent;
competitor,
rival,
corrival†;
fighter,
assailant;
champion,
Paladin;
mosstrooper†,
swashbuckler fire eater,
duelist,
bully,
bludgeon man,
rough.
prize fighter,
pugilist,
boxer,
bruiser,
the fancy,
gladiator,
athlete,
wrestler;
fighting-cock,
game-cock;
warrior,
soldier,
fighting man,
Amazon,
man at arms,
armigerent†;
campaigner,
veteran;
swordsman,
sabreur†,
redcoat,
military man,
Rajput.
armed force,
troops,
soldiery,
military forces,
sabaoth†,
the army,
standing army,
regulars,
the line,
troops of the line,
militia,
yeomanry,
volunteers,
trainband,
fencible†;
auxiliary,
bersagliere†,
brave;
garde-nationale,
garde-royale [Fr.];
minuteman [U.S.];
auxiliary forces,
reserve forces;
reserves,
posse comitatus [Lat.],
national guard,
gendarme,
beefeater;
guards,
guardsman;
yeomen of the guard,
life guards,
household troops.
janissary;
myrmidon;
Mama,
Mameluke;
spahee†,
spahi†,
Cossack,
Croat,
Pandoz.
irregular,
guerilla,
partisan,
condottiere†;
franctireur [Fr.],
tirailleur†,
bashi-bazouk;
[guerilla organization names: list],
vietminh,
vietcong;
shining path;
contras;
huk,
hukbalahap.
mercenary,
soldier of fortune;
hired gun,
gunfighter,
gunslinger;
bushwhacker,
free lance,
companion;
Hessian.
hit man
torpedo,
soldier.
levy,
draught;
Landwehr [G.],
Landsturm [G.];
conscript,
recruit,
cadet,
raw levies.
infantry,
infantryman,
private,
private soldier,
foot soldier;
Tommy Atkins†,
rank and file,
peon,
trooper,
sepoy†,
legionnaire,
legionary,
cannon fodder,
food for powder;
officer
etc.
(commander)
745;
subaltern,
ensign,
standard bearer;
spearman,
pikeman†;
spear bearer;
halberdier†,
lancer;
musketeer,
carabineer†,
rifleman,
jager [G.],
sharpshooter,
yager†,
skirmisher;
grenadier,
fusileer†;
archer,
bowman.
horse and foot;
horse soldier;
cavalry,
horse,
artillery,
horse artillery,
light horse,
voltigeur [Fr.],
uhlan,
mounted rifles,
dragoon,
hussar;
light dragoon,
heavy dragoon;
heavy;
cuirassier [Fr.];
Foot Guards,
Horse Guards.
gunner,
cannoneer,
bombardier,
artilleryman†,
matross†;
sapper,
sapper and miner;
engineer;
light infantry,
rifles,
chasseur [Fr.],
zouave;
military train,
coolie.
army,
corps d'armee [Fr.],
host,
division,
battalia†,
column,
wing,
detachment,
garrison,
flying column,
brigade,
regiment,
corps,
battalion,
sotnia†,
squadron,
company,
platoon,
battery,
subdivision,
section,
squad;
piquet,
picket,
guard,
rank,
file;
legion,
phalanx,
cohort;
cloud of skirmishers.
war horse,
charger,
destrier.
marine,
man-of-war's man
etc.
(sailor)
269;
navy,
wooden walls,
naval forces,
fleet,
flotilla,
armada,
squadron.
[ships of war]
man-of-war;
destroyer;
submarine;
minesweeper;
torpedo-boat,
torpedo-destroyer;
patrol torpedo boat,
PT boat;
torpedo-catcher,
war castle,
H. M.S.;
battleship,
battle wagon,
dreadnought,
line of battle ship,
ship of the line;
aircraft carrier,
carrier.
flattop [Coll.];
helicopter carrier;
missile platform,
missile boat;
ironclad,
turret ship,
ram,
monitor,
floating battery;
first-rate,
frigate,
sloop of war,
corvette,
gunboat,
bomb vessel;
flagship,
guard ship,
cruiser;
armored cruiser,
protected cruiser;
privateer.
[supporting ships]
tender;
store ship,
troop ship;
transport,
catamaran;
merchant marine.
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Dutch: compagnie, firma, onderneming, vennootschap
Polish: spółka
2 company
Small military unit; usually two or three platoons.
Dutch: zaak, bedrijf, compagnie
Polish: kompania
3 company
The state of being with someone:
— He missed their company.
synonyms: companionship, fellowship, society.
Roget 88:
accompaniment;
adjunct
etc.
39;
context;
appendage,
appurtenance.
coexistence,
concomitance,
company,
association,
companionship;
partnership,
copartnership;
coefficiency†.
concomitant,
accessory,
coefficient;
companion,
buddy,
attendant,
fellow,
associate,
friend,
colleague;
consort,
spouse,
mate;
partner,
co-partner;
satellite,
hanger on,
fellow-traveller,
shadow;
escort,
cortege;
attribute.
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Roget 712:
party,
faction,
side,
denomination,
communion,
set,
crew,
band.
horde,
posse,
phalanx;
family,
clan,
etc.
166;
team;
tong.
council
etc.
696.
community,
body,
fellowship,
sodality,
solidarity;
confraternity;
familistere†,
familistery†;
brotherhood,
sisterhood.
knot,
gang,
clique,
ring,
circle,
group,
crowd,
in-crowd;
coterie,
club,
casino†;
machine;
Tammany,
Tammany Hall [U.S.].
corporation,
corporate body,
guild;
establishment,
company;
copartnership†,
partnership;
firm,
house;
joint concern,
joint-stock company;
cahoot,
combine [U.S.],
trust.
society,
association;
institute,
institution;
union;
trades union;
league,
syndicate,
alliance,
Verein [G.],
Bund [G.],
Zollverein [G.],
combination;
Turnverein [G.];
league offensive and defensive,
alliance offensive and defensive;
coalition;
federation;
confederation,
confederacy;
junto,
cabal,
camarilla†,
camorra†,
brigue†;
freemasonry;
party spirit
etc.
(cooperation)
709.
Confederates,
Conservatives,
Democrats,
Federalists,
Federals,
Freemason,
Knight Templar;
Kuklux,
Kuklux Klan,
KKK;
Liberals,
Luddites,
Republicans,
Socialists,
Tories,
Whigs
&c..
staff;
dramatis personae [Lat.].
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Roget 892:
sociality,
sociability,
sociableness
etc.
adj.;
social intercourse;
consociation†;
intercourse,
intercommunity†;
consortship†,
companionship,
comradeship;
clubbism†;
esprit de corps.
conviviality;
good fellowship,
good company;
joviality,
jollity,
savoir vivre [Fr.],
festivity,
festive board,
merrymaking;
loving cup†;
hospitality,
heartiness;
cheer.
welcome,
welcomeness;
greeting;
hearty welcome,
hearty reception,
warm reception;
urbanity
etc.
(courtesy)
894;
familiarity.
good fellow,
jolly fellow;
bon enfant [Fr.],
bawcock†.
social circle,
family circle;
circle of acquaintance,
coterie,
society,
company.
social gathering,
social reunion;
assembly
etc.
(assemblage)
72;
barbecue [U.S.],
bee;
corn-husking [U.S.],
corn-shucking [U.S.];
house raising,
barn raising;
husking,
husking-bee [U.S.];
infare†.
party,
entertainment,
reception,
levee,
at,
home,
conversazione [It],
soiree,
matin_ee;
evening party,
morning party,
afternoon party,
bridge party,
garden party,
surprise party;
kettle,
kettle drum;
partie carr_ee [Fr.],
dish of tea,
ridotto†,
rout†;
housewarming;
ball,
festival
&c.;
smoker,
smoker-party;
sociable [U.S.],
stag party,
hen party,
tamasha†;
tea-party,
tea-fight [Slang].
(amusement)
840;
the feast of reason and the flow of soul"
[Pope].
birthday party
[parties for specific occasions],
Christmas party,
New Year's Eve party,
Thanksgiving Day Dinner;
bonenkai [Jap.];
wedding reception.
visiting;
round of visits;
call,
morning call;
interview
etc.
(conversation)
588;
assignation;
tryst,
trysting place;
appointment.
club
etc.
(association)
712.
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Dutch: kameraadschap
Polish: towarzystwo
4 company
Organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical):
— The traveling company all stayed at the same hotel.
synonym: troupe.
Roget 72:
assemblage;
collection,
collocation,
colligation†;
compilation,
levy,
gathering,
ingathering,
muster,
attroupement†;
team;
concourse,
conflux†,
congregation,
contesseration†,
convergence
etc.
290;
meeting,
levee,
reunion,
drawing room,
at home;
conversazione [It]
etc.
(social gathering)
892;
assembly,
congress;
convention,
conventicle;
gemote†;
conclave
etc.
(council)
696;
posse,
posse comitatus [Lat.];
Noah's ark.
miscellany,
collectanea†;
museum,
menagerie
etc.
(store)
636;
museology†.
crowd,
throng,
group;
flood,
rush,
deluge;
rabble,
mob,
press,
crush,
cohue†,
horde,
body,
tribe;
crew,
gang,
knot,
squad,
band,
party;
swarm,
shoal,
school,
covey,
flock,
herd,
drove;
atajo†;
bunch,
drive,
force,
mulada [U.S.];
remuda†;
roundup [U.S.];
array,
bevy,
galaxy;
corps,
company,
troop,
troupe,
task force;
army,
regiment
etc.
(combatants)
726;
host
etc.
(multitude)
102;
populousness.
clan,
brotherhood,
fraternity,
sorority,
association
etc.
(party)
712.
volley,
shower,
storm,
cloud.
group,
cluster,
Pleiades,
clump,
pencil;
set,
batch,
lot,
pack;
budget,
assortment,
bunch;
parcel;
packet,
package;
bundle,
fascine†,
fasces†,
bale;
seron†,
seroon†;
fagot,
wisp,
truss,
tuft;
shock,
rick,
fardel†,
stack,
sheaf,
haycock†;
fascicle,
fascicule†,
fasciculus [Lat.],
gavel,
hattock†,
stook†.
accumulation
etc.
(store)
636;
congeries,
heap,
lump,
pile,
rouleau†,
tissue,
mass,
pyramid;
bing†;
drift;
snowball,
snowdrift;
acervation†,
cumulation;
glomeration†,
agglomeration;
conglobation†;
conglomeration,
conglomerate;
coacervate [Chem],
coacervation [Chem],
coagmentation†,
aggregation,
concentration,
congestion,
omnium gaterum [Lat.],
spicilegium†,
black hole of Calcutta;
quantity
etc.
(greatness)
31.
collector,
gatherer;
whip,
whipper in.
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Dutch: troep, compagnie, ensemble, gezelschap
Polish: trupa
5 company
A social or business visitor:
— The room was a mess because he hadn't expected company.
synonym: caller.
Dutch: firma, bezoek, bezoeker
6 company
A social gathering of guests or companions.
Dutch: gezelschap
Polish: towarzystwo, kompania
7 company
A band of people associated temporarily in some activity:
— The company of cooks walked into the kitchen.
synonym: party.
Polish: brygada
8 company
Crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship.
synonym: ship's company.
9 company
A unit of firefighters including their equipment.
verb
1 company
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