ATTENDS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

attends

verb

present tense third-person singular of attend

as in accompanies

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 listens

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 supervises

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 coincides

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 attends Like his two older siblings before him, Louis attends the Lambrook school near the family’s Berkshire home. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 14 July 2026 Dule Hill attends the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Celebrity event at Honda Center on July 11 in Anaheim, California. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 Taylor Swift attends the Toy Story 5 Los Angeles World Premiere at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 09, 2026. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 In that episode, Cal attends Nate and Cassie's (Sydney Sweeney) emotionally charged wedding with his wife, Marsha (Paula Marshall) and gives a drunken wedding speech. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 18, 2016. — Emma Graham, CNBC, 4 July 2026 Nell O’Leary Alt, who grew up in the parish, said her family attends both Latin Masses, as well as English services. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for attends

Verb

But difference creates value only when leaders can navigate the friction that accompanies different perspectives.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 15 July 2026
Sometimes an air of wistfulness accompanies these admissions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of accompanies

Verb

The hospital’s nursing team, for example, helped to develop an AI system that listens and takes notes during patient visits.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
In the poem, we’re not told what Odysseus hears when he’s tied to the ship’s mast and listens to the Sirens’ call.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026

Definition of listens

Verb

David Smith, who supervises the district’s aedes crew, said his team has received an increasing number of service requests for day-biting mosquitoes within the neighborhood.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
View on Spotify Randall Poster, Air Mail’s Music Editor, supervises the music in movies.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Definition of supervises

Verb

DeSantis’s visit coincides with another major Republican gathering in Pennsylvania.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026
Transferring in just before his senior year, Robert’s appearance coincides with the growing terror of The Trawler, a serial killer targeting teenagers across the city.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Definition of coincides

Verb

As Gu-cheon and Saeng-gang prepare for Gu-cheon’s trip to the mirror world, Saeng-gang hears a spirit proclaiming that Gu-cheon will die that night.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026
At the film’s end, Abbie Cornish as Fanny hears secondhand about Keats’s death and utters a cry that is almost too much to bear — a cry that feels too real.

— Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Definition of hears

Verb

In the song, the child watches strangers come and pray for his mother, and other strangers carry her away to be buried, but none pay attention to him.

— Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
My first morning in Athens, at the hotel pool, an older woman watches me dip my toes into the icy water.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of watches

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Until the grid manages load better, data centers curtail their own, or new supply comes online, calling on emergency power isn't the backup plan.

— Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
The system manages formation spacing, navigation, and task allocation automatically, allowing crews to focus on tactical decisions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026