- a person who accompanies or waits upon another
- a person employed to assist, guide, or provide a service for others, esp for the general public
- a person who is present
- being in attendance
- associated; accompanying; related: attendant problems
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
at•tend•ant /əˈtɛndənt/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a person who waits on, cares for, or looks after someone or something.
adj. [before a noun]
- being present or in attendance;
accompanying:the champion with his attendant admirers. - associated;
related: poverty and its attendant hardships.
at•tend•ant
(ə ten′dənt),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
at•tend′ant•ly, adv.
- a person who attends another, as to perform a service.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]an usher or clerk.
- a corollary or concomitant thing or quality.
- a person who is present, as at a meeting.
adj.
- being present or in attendance;
accompanying. - consequent;
concomitant;
associated;
related:winter holidays and attendant parties;war and its attendant evils;poverty and its attendant hardships.
- Middle French, present participle of attendre to notice, await. See attend, -ant
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1. escort, companion, comrade; follower, retainer, servant. 3. accompaniment, consequence.
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attendant /əˈtɛndənt/ n
'attendant' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acolyte
- Ananda
- angel
- appendant
- beadle
- Beckett
- best man
- caddie
- chasseur
- checkroom
- checker
- Corybant
- courtier
- cupbearer
- demon
- equerry
- esquire
- eunuch
- feature
- flight attendant
- follower
- genie
- gillie
- greaser
- groom
- handmaiden
- henchman
- left-luggage office
- maid of honour
- matron of honour
- orderly
- outrider
- pay-and-display
- peon
- pursuivant
- satellite
- second
- steward
- therapeutic
- trainbearer
- valet
- verger
- waiter
- wait on
- yeoman
- zambuck
- abigail
- adverb
- ancilla
- armorbearer