as in attendant
present at the same time and place
you can enjoy your video games in here, but preferably without the accompanying sound effects
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
1
as in escorting
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 & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in coinciding
to occur or exist at the same time
a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of accompanying
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
In the accompanying music video, NBATAE, clad in a San Antonio Spurs jersey and shades, is wheeled around his neighborhood while surrounded by a throng of supporters, immediate and extended family.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
Attendees can watch hundreds of drones take to the sky while listening to live string music accompanying the lights.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for accompanying
Adjective
Still, the record’s title track, out now with an accompanying music video directed by Floria Sigismondi, settles into an expanse of solitude.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
In the accompanying music video, NBATAE, clad in a San Antonio Spurs jersey and shades, is wheeled around his neighborhood while surrounded by a throng of supporters, immediate and extended family.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
Lopez said nonprofits have been raising the alarm for months now that ICE agents and other immigration officers have been accompanying Health and Human Services personnel to routine meetings and welfare checks at sponsors’ homes.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
Attendees can watch hundreds of drones take to the sky while listening to live string music accompanying the lights.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for accompanying
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanying
Adjective
-
In their 2014 manifesto, the European leftist collective Plan C wrote that each age of capitalism comes with an attendant affect.—
P.E. Moskowitz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
-
The conference call did not so much address the controversy as paint the campaigns — and the attendant exposure — as a kind of marketing masterclass.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Tangent Police could be seen escorting Zinn in videos posted to X following the shooting.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
-
Velazquez-Garcia is seen escorting visitors inside.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Internet reacts The unexpected find garnered serious attention on TikTok after it was shared last week, coinciding with the 24-year anniversary of the attacks, which saw nearly 3,000 people killed.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
-
In the previous three seasons of the best-of-three first-round series, coinciding with the increase in the playoff field to six teams per league, the Dodgers had always avoided it by being among the top two division champions.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Ryan DeVries, who works in property management and volunteers as a first responder, left his firearm in his car before attending Kirk’s event, anticipating metal detectors.—
Rachel Wolf , Pilar Arias,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
-
Both parents frequently share photos on Facebook of the family attending sporting games together, spending holidays together and going on vacations.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
-
The National Veterinary Services Laboratories said the strain resembles one found in California, the department said, adding that with care, dairy cattle typically recover with little to no associated mortality.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
-
Previous studies have found that people living with type 2 diabetes have a 2 to 6 times higher risk of sepsis and worse associated illness and death compared to people without diabetes.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Nepal’s current bout of political unrest started in early September, when a group of young Nepalis, fed up with seeing politicians’ children posting about their designer handbags and luxury travel while most people struggle to make ends meet, organized a peaceful protest.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
-
Most of all, the United States must create the capacity for advanced recycling that is seeing investments happen mostly overseas.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Accompanying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanying. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share