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

The search for alien life has tended to focus on looking for either signs of extraterrestrial technology or evidence of biological processes on other worlds. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 July 2026

When businesses produced more value per worker, workers themselves tended to share in those gains. — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026

Business customers and developers also criticized Fable 5’s burn rate, or the high number of tokens the model tended to use when completing tasks. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 July 2026

Better targeting On its own, ContactSeek tended to produce a large list of amino acids that shift around when bound to an off-target site. — ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Those who lived past that age tended to be too disabled to work, leaving them reliant on their children, if not a local charity or poorhouse. — Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

These fixtures should be tended to regularly, but on a slightly relaxed schedule. — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026

The first Little House television series—which raised its head in likewise troubled times, in the aftermath of Vietnam—also tended to glance over the Native populations the Ingalls family lived on top of. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

In mice with higher levels of thymulin, a group of their immune cells called myeloid cells tended to produce lower levels of cytokines, a kind of protein that our bodies make to fight off infections but that can also lead to inflammation. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 July 2026