companionate adjective3 •Friendly, companionable. •Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual respect.Gradually it evolved from an economic enterprise to a companionate one—a free-choice engagement between two individuals, based not on duty and obligation but on love and affection. — 2017 •(historical) Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another. formsmore companionate · most companionate