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

Archaeologists have tended to look at the paintings in these burial chambers as two-dimensional images to analyze. — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

In the team’s earlier design, the very soft fibrin gel tended to wrinkle as the muscle cells pulled against it. — New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026

Since 2017, neighbors have tended a Shakespeare Bridge Garden beneath the span. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

The classic American foods such as hot dogs tended to cost less than the seafood options. — Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Nearby, the neat rows of grapevines and fig trees his family had tended for three generations had vanished under piles of rubble. — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026

Ackerman tended to focus on collegial, NCAA and legal issues, prominent during most of her time, as college athletics was swamped with seismic change in recent years. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026

People whose voices sounded older than their actual age also tended to show other signs of aging happening elsewhere in the body. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 1 Oct. 2026

That hasn’t made investment any less attractive, as sports teams have tended to regularly outperform the stock market by several degrees of magnitude. — Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026