keep company

Be there with

To keep company is to spend time with someone, providing companionship or presence: She kept him company while he waited for the doctor.

The phrase often implies being with someone so they won't be alone.

To keep company with someone can also mean to associate with them regularly or to date them: He's been keeping company with a woman from his office.

socializing

socialize

Interact with others

hang out · spend time · visit · gather · converse · interact · engage · meet · connect · network

caregiving

attend

Be present at

tend · nurse · comfort · support · console · soothe · be there for · bedside · eldercare · respite

companionship

escort

One who accompanies another

partner · attendant · chaperone · sidekick · associate · consort · entourage · retinue · cohort · comrade

romantic

court

Trial venue or sports surface

  • wooSeek romantic favor
  • dateSpecific day or outing
  • romanceLove and its excitement

suitor · paramour · sweetheart · beau · beloved · admirer · pursue · go steady · partner · love interest

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social presence

keep companyabandon

Leave behind permanently

leave alone · desert · forsake · isolate · shun

relational commitment

keep companyabandon

Leave behind permanently

forsake · desert · leave · walk out on · turn one's back on

relational care

keep companyneglect

Failure to provide care

ignore · ostracize · exclude · reject · snub

Family

keep, company, kept, keeper, keeping, companion, accompany, keeps, companions

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G