chaperones 1 of 2

verb

variants or chaperons
present tense third-person singular of chaperone
as in accompanies
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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chaperones

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noun

variants or chaperons
plural of chaperone
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as in attendants

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as in teachers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperones
  1. accompanies
  2. attendants
  3. teachers
  4. escorts
  5. guides
  6. sponsors
  7. companions
  8. coaches
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
Noun
  • Could convenience stores and gas stations in America pay their cashiers and attendants $20 or more an hour plus a pension and five weeks’ vacation?
    — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • Photos and video broadcast on state media showed people reaching out to touch the truck carrying Khamenei’s coffin, while others threw scarves and other items for attendants to brush against the casket, a practice common in the Islamic Republic.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 10 July 2026
Definition of attendants
Noun
  • First-year teachers with a master’s degree range from $60,000 to $62,000 per year, depending on the number of credits.
    — Taylor O'Connor July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • That brought pay for most starting teachers in the district to around $44,500.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
Definition of teachers
Verb
  • Levine puts his arm around the girl before security arrives and escorts her off.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • She is challenged, often by the unlikely love interest who escorts her on the trip, to put herself in the shoes of those who hurt her without intending to.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 29 June 2026
Definition of escorts
Noun
  • Increasingly, however, these influencers are guides, companions, cultural interpreters, and trusted sources of information in an age of rock-bottom trust in public institutions.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • In the paper, the authors encourage anyone able to observe the impact to give it a try—and point to guides to help amateurs.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 20 July 2026
Definition of guides
Noun
  • But patients also need confidence that review standards will not shift unpredictably after sponsors and investigators have designed trials in consultation with the agency.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • In Michigan, bill sponsors pulled their companion House and Senate bills over concerns about data collection.
    — Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026
Definition of sponsors
Noun
  • Pushed onward by his slippery companions, Bilbo is asked to enter a tunnel alone.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
  • Natthaphong Lakhorn, 26, was at the beer hall on the night of the fire with four companions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
Definition of companions
Noun
  • In our room, our coaches were unanimous, our athletic directors were unanimous coming out of the spring and into the summer.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
  • Just as mobile catering trucks don’t call themselves roach coaches, cruise lines never use that term.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 15 July 2026
Definition of coaches
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