ATTENDED Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in accompanied

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verb

past tense of attend

as in escorted

to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship a passel of assistants attend the movie star wherever she goes

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as in listened

to pay attention especially through the act of hearing I'm sorry, but all the noise means I'm having a hard time attending to the conversation

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as in watched

to take charge of especially on behalf of another tired of attending other people's children, the nanny was eager to have a child of her own

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as in coincided

to occur or exist at the same time all the pomp and circumstance that attend the opening of the Olympic Games

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Recent Examples of attended

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OutKick had attended all 13 formal press conferences during the first three Finals games without being called on. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Cook attended high school in Round Rock, near Austin, and spent his first two seasons at TCU. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 In Boise, hundreds attended the nameless man’s funeral a few days after Christmas. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Jong-kyu Hwang, Hanwha Power’s Vice President of Technology Solutions, attended alongside senior ABS representatives. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Growing up in Canada, Fielder was raised by two social workers, attended public school, and didn’t have cable television at home. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 The new-format market was attended by 2,800 professionals from 64 countries, a number on a par with last year. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026 But the iPhone Duo, which The Hollywood Reporter attended a preview of earlier this week, could be a device that flips the script. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 Hayes, a 6-0, 190-pound redshirt freshman from Wichita, attended Maize High School. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for attended

Adjective

The department says Archaga-Elvir was arrested in Texas as an accompanied minor in 2015, but he was released by the Obama administration.

— Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of accompanied

Verb

For five months, most of the 17 crew would remain confined to that space, no more than 50 feet long, seated, leaving only when escorted to the bathroom.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
There was a slight kerfuffle and Brand’s wife was escorted out around halfway through the defense’s questioning.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of escorted

Verb

On Thursday, Owens’ fellow inductees and emcee Fran Fraschilla listened intently as Owens, still sharp and quick with a line, mixed gratitude with humor during his remarks.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Through a microphone, the journalists listened as Pike spoke what were meant to be her last words—about love—and sang with her Buddhist spiritual adviser.

— Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of listened

Verb

Similarly, Russell watched her mother balance parenthood with her medical career as a doctor, demonstrating the work ethic that has stayed with her throughout her career.

— Fraser Godden, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
More than 200 people watched the race on a big screen in a theater near where Antonelli grew up, while friends and fans gathered to cheer him on at a watch party organized at a local pub in San Marino, where the Italian currently resides.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of watched

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His ascension to regular starting duties in the midfield coincided with André Luiz’s first start.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Caenagnathid evolution likely coincided with a shifting Cretaceous climate that saw the spread of flowering plants.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of coincided

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The committee heard substantial evidence that construction workers had smoked on site, and several cigarette butts and some partially burned materials, such as cardboard boxes, were found on the flat roof.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Someone in the area can be heard using whistles, a tool that some activists have employed to alert people when ICE is in the area.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of heard

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The restoration was funded by Frameline and supervised by The Estate of Barbara Hammer and Brydie O’Connor.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2026
The playground is supervised by staff members, called playworkers, who do their best not to interfere but are available in case of emergencies.

— Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervised

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The arrival came after Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who also oversaw proceedings against the senator’s father, gave Flávio Bolsonaro 24 hours on Monday to surrender his passports and barred him from leaving Brazil.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Alvin Hellerstein, a federal judge who for decades oversaw some of the country's most high-profile cases, counting among his defendants presidents and CEOs, has died, a spokesperson for the Southern District of New York confirmed Wednesday.

— Graham Kates, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026