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chaperone 1 of 2

verb

variants or chaperon
Definition of chaperonenext
as in to accompany
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship three parents will chaperone the students on the school trip

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chaperone

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noun

variants or chaperon
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as in escort

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as in teacher

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Recent Examples of chaperone
Verb
Kennywood is lowering the age of kids required to be chaperoned to 15 and requiring that they be supervised all day. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 June 2026 Suzanna is chaperoned by her grandfather. — Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Noun
While the rules read like the many chaperone policies popping up around the Pittsburgh area, the city is not calling it that. — Barry Pintar, CBS News, 13 July 2026 Office manager Tara Raby understood Carrol’s new role to be a chaperone for King. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chaperone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperone
  1. accompany
  2. escort
  3. teacher
  4. guide
  5. sponsor
  6. attendant
  7. coach
  8. squire
Verb
  • Families Belden House & Mews and its accompanying restaurant, welcome children ages 12+.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • These surrogates, mostly in their 20s and 30s, provide companionship rather than specialized medical care, visiting, chatting, helping clients set up smartphones or accompanying them to medical appointments.
    — HUIYEE CHIEW AND LYRIC LI THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of accompany
Noun
  • Comella even ran into a few fellow Californians out on The Pile, a couple of Federal Emergency Management Agency search-and-rescue teams from Sacramento and Los Angeles County who had flown in on C-5 military transport planes with a fighter escort.
    — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Airlines already issue escort or gate passes in certain circumstances, including unaccompanied minors, and airports and airlines offer assistance for travelers with disabilities.
    — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of escort
Noun
  • But the public school teachers there just received bonuses from the parish government.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Border Patrol agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martínez, a teacher’s assistant, five times and then bragged about it.
    — Jesus Chuy Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • Then came the how-to guides, in posts filled with menu combinations and step-by-step explainers on how to navigate Chipotle’s build-your-own ordering system.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Therefore, one of the UCLA guide's recommendations to judges is not to go it alone.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of guide
Noun
  • These are the mechanics of an arrangement most plan sponsors have never examined closely, inside a contract many of them inherited rather than negotiated.
    — Jennifer Schaefer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The suit added a glamour factor for bigwig sponsors who would sometimes ride along.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of sponsor
Noun
  • Flight attendant had the heart of a child Alicia Nicole Titus, 28, whose parents live in Dexter, was a positive, peace-loving, let's-make-the-world-a-better-place kind of person.
    — Sheryl Lee, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Judy impulsively led a hundred disabled people into this federal building, many of whom went in without their attendants or their caregivers and then had to figure out how to survive in this building over this 30 days.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of attendant
Noun
  • The Ducks were 35-0 against unranked foes with Lanning as coach.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Head coach Eva Olid’s attacking philosophy was nowhere to be seen, registering only four touches in the opposition box (to Chelsea’s 61) and two shots, one on target.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of coach
Noun
  • The protagonist is Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk), a knight-errant played by Peter Claffey, accompanied by his young squire Egg, portrayed by Dexter Sol Ansell.
    — Francesca Pellegrini, Vanity Fair, 22 June 2026
  • In contrast, composed framing of his loyal squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), underlines a different emotion.
    — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Definition of squire

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“Chaperone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaperone. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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