attendant

²attendant

adj

Definition of ATTENDANT

1

: accompanying, waiting upon, or following in order to perform service <Cherub and Seraph…attendant on their Lord — John Milton>

2

: accompanying or following as a consequence or result <problems attendant on pollution> <civilization and its attendant morality — Robert Stone>

Examples of ATTENDANT

1. The town is trying to deal with the population boom and the attendant increase in traffic.
2. <dreaded the coming flu season and the attendant flood of school absences>

First Known Use of ATTENDANT

15th century

Related to ATTENDANT

Synonyms: resultant, consequent, consequential, due (to)

Related Words: accompanying, coincident, concomitant

Near Antonyms: causal

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