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Definitions

keep company

VERB

accompany

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attend escort follow guide lead

STRONG

chaperon conduct consort convoy date dog draft drag guard shadow spook squire tailgate usher

WEAK

associate with come along go along hang around with hang out look after shlep along show about show around stick to string along tag along take out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon disregard leave lose neglect

STRONG

ignore

WEAK

desert withdraw

VERB

consort

Synonyms

STRONG

accompany associate attend bear befriend bring carry chaperon company conduct convoy join mingle mix pal

WEAK

chum together chum with clique with gang up with go around with hang around with hang out with hang with pal around with pal with run around with run with take up with tie up with

Antonyms

STRONG

avoid disconnect disjoin dissociate divide ignore leave neglect refuse separate sever shun take withdraw

WEAK

disagree

VERB

date

Synonyms

STRONGEST

see

STRONG

attend court escort woo

WEAK

associate with consort with deuce it fix up go around together go around with go out with go steady go together make a date step around take out

Antonyms

STRONG

disregard ignore neglect

VERB

hobnob

Synonyms

STRONG

consort fraternize mingle mix pal socialize

WEAK

chum around hang around hang out with knock around with pal around rub elbows rub shoulders spend time

Antonyms

STRONG

disagree

VERB

nationalize

Synonyms

STRONG

associate club communalize consort entertain fraternize hobnob join league mingle mix

WEAK

chum with get about get around get-together go out hang around with hang out make advances make the rounds pal around run with tie up with

Antonyms

STRONG

disagree disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate divide separate sever

VERB

socialize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

entertain get around mingle

STRONG

associate club consort fraternize hobnob join league mix

WEAK

chum with get about get-together go out hang around with hang out make advances make the rounds pal around run with tie up with

Antonyms

STRONG

disagree disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate divide separate sever

WEAK

exclude shun

VERB

woo

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cultivate pursue solicit

STRONG

address beg caress charm chase court date entreat importune propose rush spark spoon

WEAK

aim for bill and coo butter up curry favor go steady make advances make love press one's suit with run after seek in marriage seek the hand of set one's cap for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignore

STRONG

disregard repulse

Example Sentences

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All the while they keep company online with that faint, terrified voice.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

What sets him apart, according to those he has worked with, is the "intensity" with which he drives change, and his ability to keep company executives on their toes with thorough research.

From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2022

She had time to keep company her recently widowed mother and visit her granddaughter.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022

The library, for instance, has likenesses of Marcus Aurelius, Alexander the Great and Sappho, while such Renaissance men as Galileo and Leon Battista Alberti keep company on the terrace.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2022

“We have time. What makes a good little merch boy leave home to keep company with criminals?”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

keep company

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