Synonyms of escorting

escorting

verb

present participle of escort

as in accompanying

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

a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accompanying
• attending
• chaperoning
• bringing
• convoying
• squiring
• seeing
• walking
• guiding
• companioning
• protecting
• guarding
• defending
• ushering
• companying
• leading
• consorting
• piloting
• steering
• tailing
• conducting
• following
• associating
• teaming (up)
• tagging
• shadowing
• hanging (around)
• hovering (over)
• palling (around)
• tagging along

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dumping
• abandoning
• deserting
• ditching
• forsaking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of escorting

This unusual joint exercise saw the ground-attack aircraft escorting a vital component of the nation's nuclear triad, highlighting the submarine's vulnerability when surfaced. — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Police footage featured in The Idaho Murders shows responding officers escorting Murphy out of the house and arranging for him to be taken to Animal Services. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026

Lander then really made headlines when he was arrested by ICE agents while escorting (and trying to protect) a constituent in immigration court. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

The footage shows two troopers slowly escorting the driver through waist-deep water while a strong current rushes past them. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Mourners holding portraits of the late supreme leader welcomed the body and senior officials escorting it, including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. — ABC News, 8 July 2026

Federal rules require airlines to provide help to passengers with disabilities, including escorting them through airports and assisting during delays or cancellations. — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 29 June 2026

The immigration officer escorting him allowed the two to hug. — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026

Santa kills her mother (who fully signed off on the plan in advance) as a means of transporting her out of her life of poverty in rural Bolivia and escorting her into Heaven. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 June 2026