Synonyms for attendant
əˈtɛn dəntat·ten·dant

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1. attendant

   Colleague is used always in a good sense, associate and coadjutor generally so; ally, assistant, associate, attendant, companion, helper, either in a good or a bad sense; abetter, accessory, accomplice, confederate, almost always in a bad sense. Ally is oftenest used of national and military matters, or of some other connection regarded as great and important; as, allies of despotism. Colleague is applied to civil and ecclesiastical connections; members of Congress from the same State are colleagues, even though they may be bitter opponents politically and personally. An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is near in rank to the Chief Justice. A surgeon's assistant is a physician or medical student who shares in the treatment and care of patients; a surgeon's attendant is one who rolls bandages and the like. Follower, henchman, retainer are persons especially devoted to a chief, and generally bound to him by necessity, fee, or reward. Partner has come to denote almost exclusively a business connection. In law, an abettor (the general legal spelling) is always present, either actively or constructively, at the commission of the crime; an accessory never. An accomplice is usually a principal; an accessory never. If present, though only to stand outside and keep watch against surprise, one is an abettor, and not an accessory. At common law, an accessory implies a principal, and can not be convicted until after the conviction of the principal; the accomplice or abettor can be convicted as a principal. Accomplice and abettor have nearly the same meaning, but the former is the popular, the latter more distinctively the legal term. Compare APPENDAGE; AUXILIARY.

   Synonyms:
   abetter, abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, coadjutor, colleague, companion, confederate, follower, helper, henchman, participator, partner, retainer

   Antonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, betrayer, chief, commander, enemy, foe, hinderer, instigator, leader, opponent, opposer, principal, rival

   Preposition:
   An accessory to the crime; before or after the fact; the accessories of a figure in a painting.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. attendant, attender, tendernoun

   someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

   Synonyms:
   cutter, ship's boat, pinnace, meeter, legal tender, bid, accompaniment, co-occurrence, listener, tender, attendee, hearer, attender, auditor, concomitant, stamp, supply ship

   Antonyms:
   antecedent, absent

2. attendant, attender, attendee, meeternoun

   a person who is present and participates in a meeting

   "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"

   Synonyms:
   tender, listener, co-occurrence, attendee, meeter, attender, accompaniment, hearer, auditor, concomitant

   Antonyms:
   antecedent, absent

3. accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrenceadjective

   an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

   Synonyms:
   concurrence, tender, co-occurrence, attendee, meeter, attender, conjunction, accompaniment, coincidence, support, backup, concomitant, musical accompaniment, escort, complement

   Antonyms:
   absent, antecedent

4. attendantadjective

   being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation"

   Synonyms:
   resultant, concomitant, incidental, sequent, consequent, accompanying, ensuant

   Antonyms:
   antecedent, absent

5. attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequentadjective

   following or accompanying as a consequence

   "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"

   Synonyms:
   accompanying, ensuant, consecutive, sequent, incident, consequent, resultant, incidental, nonessential, serial, successive, concomitant, sequential

   Antonyms:
   antecedent, absent

Matched Categories

1. • Assistant

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1. attendantadjective

   Synonyms:
   accompanying, attending

2. attendantnoun

   Synonyms:
   follower, satellite, companion, fellow, associate, escort

3. attendantnoun

   Synonyms:
   servant, vassal, servitor, dependant, retainer, squire, domestic, footman, lackey, VALET, waiter, flunkey, underling, menial, understrapper, tender

4. attendantnoun

   Synonyms:
   accompaniment, concomitant, attendant circumstance

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1. attendantadjective

   Synonyms:
   consequent, accompanying, concomitant, attending

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1. List of paraphrases for "attendant":

   concomitant, escort, conveyor, consequent, accompanying, auxiliary, operator, companion, responder, concurrent, related

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. attendant

   Synonyms:
   See Birth attendant
   

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How to use attendant in a sentence?

1. Jaclyn Rothenberg:

   The flight attendant made that announcement on his own thinking he was helping, we did not ask him to do that.

2. The FAA:

   When a second flight attendant instructed the passenger to wear his mask over his nose and mouth, he became combative and used offensive language.

3. Harrison Ford:

   On being an actor .nothing more than a worker in a service occupation . It's like being a waiter or a gas station attendant, but I'm waiting on 6 million people in a week if I'm lucky.

4. Brian Avery:

   Based on the manufacturer's manual weight limits, [Tyre] should have been prohibited from riding, and the attendant and/or operator had a responsibility to ensure that he was of the appropriate weight to be on the ride in the first place, considering he wasn't, and they didn't check, you know, he was subjected to a known and foreseeable hazard associated with this attraction and unfortunately lost his life as a result of it.

5. Lydia M. Child:

   Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.