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

Lieutenant Chuck Spencer called 911 for an ambulance while the child was being tended to, and the fire department said the baby is expected to be okay. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Reputedly outspoken and always ready with a quick laugh, Okuda was unusual in not being from Toyota’s founding Toyoda family, as the leadership at the world’s top automaker tended to be. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

However, homes closest to where a lead smelter and other downtown factories operated tended to have slightly higher concentrations than those farther out. — Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 10 Aug. 2026

Operations, safety, and risk The DC conversation tended to focus on efficiency. — Ciaran Flanagan, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

In the fifties and sixties, conservatives had tended to be suspicious of an imperial Presidency. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Though the study found general AI adopters tended to be larger firms, the most intense adopters were smaller companies which might already be growing regardless of AI and are more open to experimentation. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Where previous generations tended to stall partway, the model could carry a researcher's experiment through to the end, freeing them to run more at once. — Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

Into the 1930s, when a much smaller share of Californians were drivers, people tended to sympathize with the victims of fatal crashes. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026