attendant (n.)

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

    [ Syn: attender , tender ]

  2. 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

    [ Syn: attender , attendee , meeter ]

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

    [ Syn: accompaniment , concomitant , co-occurrence ]

    attendant (adj.)

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

  2. 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

    [ Syn: consequent , accompanying , concomitant , incidental , ensuant , resultant , sequent ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.