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Adjective attendant has 1 sense
- accompanying, attendant, concomitant, incidental, incidental to - following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with related problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"
Antonym: unrelated (indirect, via related)
Noun attendant has 2 senses
- attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
--1 is a kind of assistant, helper, help, supporter
--1 has particulars: | companion; baggageman; batman; bellboy, bellman, bellhop; bridesmaid, maid of honor; caddie, golf caddie; checker; courtier; cupbearer; equerry; escort; esquire; famulus; gillie; groomsman; lifeguard, lifesaver; linkboy, linkman; loader; matron of honor; orderly, hospital attendant; orderly; page, varlet; page; racker; rocker; second; servitor; squire; squire, gallant; steward, flight attendant; stretcher-bearer, litter-bearer; trainbearer; waker, rouser, arouser |
- attendant, attender, attendee, meeter - a person who participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"
--2 is a kind of participant
--2 has particulars: conventioneer; partygoer
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