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attending

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of attending

in, present

Words Related to attending

accompanying, observing, participating

available

abounding

latent

breathing, existent, existing, extant, live

Phrases Synonymous with attending

at hand, in attendance, on hand

Near Antonyms of attending

departed, gone, retired

nonexistent

AWOL, truant

dead, deceased, defunct, demised

lost, vanished

belated, delayed, delinquent, late, overdue, tardy

Antonyms of attending

absent, away, missing, out

2 present at the same time and place

dislikes flying and all of its attending inconveniences

Synonyms of attending

accompanying, attendant, coexistent, coexisting, coincident, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent

Words Related to attending

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 of attending

unassociated, unconnected, unrelated

attending

verb , present participle of attend

Synonyms and Antonyms of attending

1 to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship

a passel of assistants attend the movie star wherever she goes

Synonyms of attending

accompanying, chaperoning, companioning, companying, convoying, escorting, seeing, squiring

Words Related to attending

walking

associating, consorting, palling (around), teaming (up)

defending, guarding, protecting

bringing, conducting, guiding, leading, piloting, steering, ushering

following, shadowing, tagging, tagging along, tailing

hanging (around), hovering (over)

Near Antonyms of attending

abandoning, deserting, ditching, dumping, forsaking

2 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 of attending

harkening, harking, hearing, hearkening (or harkening), heeding, listening, minding

Phrases Synonymous with attending

pricking up one's ears

Near Antonyms of attending

discounting, disregarding

Antonyms of attending

ignoring, tuning out

3 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 of attending

caring (for), minding, overseeing, superintending, supervising, tending, watching

Words Related to attending

administrating, conducting, controlling, directing, governing, guiding, managing, operating, presiding (over), regulating, running, stewarding

guarding, patrolling, protecting, safeguarding, shielding

babying, babysitting, chaperoning, mothering, shepherding

Phrases Synonymous with attending

looking after, seeing after, seeing to, taking care of

Near Antonyms of attending

abandoning, disregarding, forgetting, ignoring, neglecting, passing over

4 to occur or exist at the same time

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

Synonyms of attending

accompanying, coexisting, coinciding, concurring, co-occurring, synchronizing

Words Related to attending

chancing, happening, happing, transpiring

Near Antonyms of attending

antedating, preceding, predating

following, succeeding

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