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

Officers declared the gathering unlawful before escorting everyone outside and checking the pledges for injuries and incapacitation. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

William's engagement in Oslo comes less than 24 hours after he was photographed escorting his oldest son, Prince George for his first day at Eton College on Tuesday. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Nearby hangs Rockwell’s famous 1964 oil painting showing marshals escorting 6-year-old Ruby Bridges to an integrated school. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Attendees 17 years old or younger must also have an adult escorting them during all event hours. — Keisha Rowe, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Sep. 2026

The morning started with an opening ceremony structured like a first responder funeral service with a color guard unit and the San Diego Emerald Society Pipes and Drums group escorting the nation’s colors. — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2026

Beyond the missile fields The Grey Wolf’s role will extend beyond escorting convoys and responding to emergencies around ICBM sites. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

The striking photo was taken along India's west coast where locals give sea turtle hatchlings (Lepidochelys olivacea) a fighting chance by escorting them from their nests to the water. — New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026

These workers regularly visited pregnant women’s homes, explained the warning signs of complications and urged them to attend prenatal appointments, often escorting them there. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026