accompany

1 to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship <children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times> Synonyms attend, chaperone (or chaperon), companion, company, convoy, escort, see, squire Related Words walk; associate, consort, pal (around), team (up); defend, guard, protect; bring, conduct, guide, lead, pilot, steer, usher; follow, shadow, tag, tag along, tail; hang (around), hover (over) Near Antonyms abandon, desert, ditch, dump, forsake

2 to occur or exist at the same time <a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold> Synonyms coincide, attend, coexist, concur, co-occur, synchronizeRelated Words chance, hap, happen, transpireNear Antonyms antedate, precede, predate; follow, succeed