Synonyms of attended

attended 1 of 2

verb

past tense of attend

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accompanied
• escorted
• brought
• saw
• walked
• chaperoned
• convoyed
• squired
• companioned
• companied
• guided
• followed
• protected
• defended
• conducted
• led
• associated
• guarded
• ushered
• steered
• piloted
• teamed (up)
• consorted
• tailed
• hung (around)
• tagged
• shadowed
• hovered (over)
• palled (around)
• tagged along

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandoned
• dumped
• deserted
• ditched
• forsook

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• listened
• heard
• heeded
• hearkened
• harked
• harkened
• harkened
• minded
• pricked up one's ears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• disregarded
• discounted
• tuned out

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• watched
• supervised
• oversaw
• managed
• tended
• conducted
• operated
• controlled
• saw to
• guarded
• looked after
• superintended
• protected
• cared (for)
• minded
• governed
• ran
• took care of
• saw after
• run
• guided
• directed
• regulated
• patrolled
• shepherded
• presided (over)
• shielded
• administrated
• safeguarded
• stewarded
• chaperoned
• babysat
• babied
• mothered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• abandoned
• neglected
• forgot
• disregarded
• passed over

4

as in coincided

to occur or exist at the same time

all the pomp and circumstance that attend the opening of the Olympic Games

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accompanied
• coincided
• happened
• coexisted
• synchronized
• concurred
• transpired
• co-occurred
• happed
• chanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preceded
• followed
• succeeded
• predated
• antedated

attended

2 of 2

adjective

as in accompanied

Related Words

• accompanied
• escorted

Dissimilar Words

• lonely
• rejected
• desolate
• lonesome
• forlorn
• neglected
• deserted
• friendless
• forgotten
• abandoned
• lorn
• forsaken

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of attended

Adjective

Former Opa-locka mayor Matthew Pigatt and former Miami-Dade County police department director Stephanie Daniels also attended the program. —Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025

The premiere was attended by Johansson along with costars Squibb, 95, Hecht, 60, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Erin Kellyman. —Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025

The following year, Flynn and Hart attended the play's opening night in London's West End in October 2011. —Vandana Pawa, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025

Trump has attended several other high-profile sporting events in 2025, including Super Bowl LIX, the Daytona 500, and multiple UFC fights. —Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025

Football is back Swift has never attended a Kansas City preseason game, but could that change tonight? —Bryan West, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025

But the height, overall size and compatibility with the neighborhood worried some who attended meetings of the La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee when the project was heard. —Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025

More than 3,000 ecstatic fans of the Seymour Owls and their opposing teams attended more than 20 sectional titles by 1970, and the school system used the gym until 1981, according to Indiana Landmarks. —Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025

One of those events was a reception for clergy members, hosted at Gracie on April 4, 2024, that was attended by the mayor, who delivered remarks, photos posted by his office show. —Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025