attending

attending

adjective

Definition of ATTENDING

1

being within the confines of a specified place <a surprise arrest of the operator of an illegal gambling joint and all attending employees>

Synonyms attending, in

Related Words accompanying, observing, participating; available; abounding; latent; breathing, existent, existing, extant, live

Near Antonyms departed, gone, retired; nonexistent; AWOL, truant; dead, deceased, defunct, demised; lost, vanished; belated, delayed, delinquent, late, overdue, tardy

Antonyms absent, away, missing, out

2

present at the same time and place <dislikes flying and all of its attending inconveniences>

Synonyms accompanying, attendant, attending, coexistent, coexisting, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent

Related Words contemporaneous, contemporary, simultaneous, synchronous; associated, collateral, connected, linked, related; consequent, resultant, resulting; ensuing, following, subsequent; accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, freak, incident, incidental

Near Antonyms unassociated, unconnected, unrelated