attendant meaning and definition

ATTENDANT noun

Definition of attendant (noun)

1. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: attendee, attender, meeter
3. an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
   • synonyms: accompaniment, concomitant, co-occurrence

ATTENDANT adjective

Definition of attendant (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: accompanying, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent