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attender

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An attendee; one who attends a course, meeting, school, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1900, James Wideman Lee, Naphtali Luccock, and James Main Dixon, The Illustrated History of Methodism, page 345, The Methodist Magazine Publishing Co. And she continued her infamous trade of procuress, while a zealous and regular attender of the Tabernacle at Tottenham-Court!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An attendant; one who attends to someone or something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The subject; one who experiences.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: metaphysics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a person who is present and participates in a meeting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was a regular attender at department meetings
  • the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attendant, attendee, meeter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: participant

Narrower terms: conventioneer, partygoer, symposiast

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attendant, tender

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assistant, helper, help, supporter

Narrower terms: 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, page, varlet, racker, rocker, second, servitor, squire, gallant, steward, flight attendant, stretcher-bearer, litter-bearer, trainbearer, waker, rouser, arouser

6

noun

Meaning 6

someone who listens attentively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hearer, listener, auditor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder

Narrower terms: eavesdropper

History

Etymology

From Middle English attender, attendere, equivalent to attend + -er.