Synonyms of tended

tended 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of tend

as in leaned

to show a liking or proneness (for something)

her wardrobe tends toward dark colors and heavy fabrics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaned
• inclined
• went
• ran
• trended
• pointed
• indicated
• gravitated
• suggested

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoided
• shunned
• shied (from or away from)

tended

2 of 2

verb (2)

past tense of tend

1

as in watched

to take charge of especially on behalf of another

tend the store while I run an errand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• watched
• supervised
• managed
• oversaw
• attended
• operated
• guarded
• controlled
• superintended
• protected
• conducted
• looked after
• minded
• saw to
• governed
• ran
• guided
• directed
• cared (for)
• took care of
• regulated
• saw after
• patrolled
• shielded
• shepherded
• safeguarded
• presided (over)
• administrated
• stewarded
• babied
• chaperoned
• babysat
• mothered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• abandoned
• neglected
• forgot
• disregarded
• passed over

2

as in grew

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

lately I haven't been doing a good job of tending my garden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grew
• cultivated
• produced
• planted
• promoted
• raised
• harvested
• reared
• dressed
• cropped
• cultured
• bred
• propagated
• gathered
• rooted
• gleaned
• sowed
• reaped
• sprouted
• ripened
• quickened
• germinated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killed
• picked
• dug
• plucked
• uprooted
• pulled (up)
• cut
• extirpated
• mowed
• hayed

3

as in cultivated

to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on

plots that during the war were tended by city dwellers as vegetable gardens

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivated
• planted
• farmed
• harvested
• tilled
• cropped
• reaped
• harrowed
• hoed
• sharecropped

4

as in managed

to look after and make decisions about

the dying patriarch wondered who would tend the family business after he was gone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• managed
• operated
• supervised
• conducted
• controlled
• handled
• oversaw
• regulated
• ran
• governed
• directed
• kept
• administered
• guided
• overlooked
• carried on
• protected
• led
• administrated
• presided (over)
• steered
• watched
• watched over
• superintended
• stewarded
• guarded
• minded
• piloted
• safeguarded
• cared (for)
• micromanaged
• stage-managed
• comanaged
• codirected

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tended

Verb

Verizon , Philip Morris , Amgen and Johnson & Johnson also ranked among the stocks that have tended to move opposite Nvidia. — Nick Wells, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

Growing up in Stockton, where a high concentration of braceros tended fields, Huerta said witnessing the workers’ subpar conditions drove her early activism. — Isa Farfan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Episodes tended to be repetitive and formulaic and the level of detail devoted to knowledge varied widely. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

As Jackson was being tended to, the Eagles sideline emptied onto the field to surround the running back. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, rising distress over time tended to track with a lower degree of support. — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

In our testing, querying the AI about being alone with a person from other Western countries tended to produce a harmless result. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026

But despite this budding success, ZZ Top seemed to confound the rock press, who tended to dismiss them or lump them in with other Southern rock bands. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026

Khodarkovsky suggests in the introduction that Eurasia tended to be organized by war, while Europe was organized by law. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026