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Definition of 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 accompany, attend, coexist, concur, co-occur, synchronize

Related Words chance, hap, happen, transpire

Near Antonyms antedate, precede, predate; follow, succeed