ATTENDS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

attends

verb

present tense third-person singular of attend

as in accompanies

to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship a passel of assistants attend the movie star wherever she goes

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as in listens

to pay attention especially through the act of hearing I'm sorry, but all the noise means I'm having a hard time attending to the conversation

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as in supervises

to take charge of especially on behalf of another tired of attending other people's children, the nanny was eager to have a child of her own

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as in coincides

to occur or exist at the same time all the pomp and circumstance that attend the opening of the Olympic Games

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Recent Examples of attends What will be intriguing is who from City's ownership or board attends the Liverpool game. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Rodriguez, who attends some re-sees as a spectator and others as a buyer, hopes that more brands will start to separate time slots, so that buyers and editors can better do their jobs, as creators capture their content. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 School board member Rocio Rivas, who represents Franklin and whose son attends the school, was not immediately available to comment Wednesday. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Naheda attends tenth grade in a tent pitched in a school courtyard. — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026 Chanell Harris, whose child attends the school, said attendance benefits students and the district as a whole. — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Brooklyn native Kamara after over 15 years in high end retail also now attends Met Gala and fashion weeks around the world and is the subject of New York Times and GQ profiles. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 Each Broadway season, the Nominating Committee attends all eligible productions and convenes to vote on that year’s Tony Award nominees. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026 Caroline DeRossette, whose daughter attends East Mississippi Community College, sees the same shift. — Alexis Benveniste, Architectural Digest, 28 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for attends

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Still, getting ourselves out via some traction boards would have saved on money, frustration and the embarrassment that accompanies getting stuck less than a mile from the highway.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
Previously unseen artwork accompanies his account of how the visual identity developed alongside the music.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of accompanies

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Strangely enough, Porsha’s humor gets through to Luann, who listens to what the rest of the cast has to say about her and decides to take stock of her behavior and try to do better.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
The group listens intently as a symphony of airplanes, freeway traffic and the ploop!

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of listens

Verb

Every audience hears about the tweets from Michigan’s William Lawrence, condemning the nuclear family, and New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier, about how July 4 should be about the liberation of Palestine and Puerto Rico.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
In the song’s closing moments, the Edge hears something older than country music in Parton’s voice.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of hears

Verb

The protests add to mounting pressure on India’s Election Commission, which oversees polls across the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
That’s according to a spokesperson for the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, which oversees Georgia Access, the state’s ACA exchange.

— Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of oversees

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The music is used in a scene where Alex watches his brother fight while the cartoon score plays, syncing humorously with the action.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Nobody else who works on (or watches) these films ever thinks about the people who live in these locations for the rest of the year.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of watches

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Reactor, which emerged from stealth in May, develops software to make world models run faster and cheaper, and sells a cloud service that manages the computing capacity.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Set the scene Located 10 minutes on foot from Roma Termini, the city’s bustling train station, The Fifteen Keys manages to feel like a quiet retreat in a city that sees millions of tourists each year.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026