An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a car park or a cloakroom.
Tony Williams was working as a car-park attendant in Los Angeles.
Synonyms: assistant, guide, guard, servant More Synonyms of attendant
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use attendant to describe something that results from a thing already mentioned or that is connected with it.
Mr Branson's victory, and all the attendant publicity, were well deserved.
...the risks attendant on the exploration of the unknown. [+ on/upon]
Synonyms: accompanying, related, associated, accessory More Synonyms of attendant
attendant in British English
(əˈtɛndənt)
noun
1.
a person who accompanies or waits upon another
2.
a person employed to assist, guide, or provide a service for others, esp for the general public
a lavatory attendant
3.
a person who is present
4.
a logical consequence or natural accompaniment
hatred is often an attendant of jealousy
adjective
5.
being in attendance
6.
associated; accompanying; related
attendant problems
attendant in American English
(əˈtɛndənt)
adjective
1.
attending or serving
an attendant nurse
2.
being present
3.
accompanying as a circumstance or result
attendant difficulties
noun
4.
a person who attends or serves
an attendant at the zoo, a queen's attendants
5.
a person present
6.
an accompanying thing; concomitant
Examples of 'attendant' in a sentence
attendant
On returning to her car, a parking attendant was issuing a parking fine.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The club's former cloakroom attendant has been given the crazed grin of a bunny boiler and arms that seem more like distressed eels than human limbs.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Parking attendants help people find a parking space.
Christianity Today (2000)
Just yesterday he got free petrol for showing the pump attendant a trick.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
For example he would sometimes leave his coat in his car to avoid tipping the cloakroom attendant.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He was also seen carrying bundles of traffic cones while working as a car park attendant.
The Sun (2012)
Get yourself dressed as a parking attendant and people will give you money in the street.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He struggled to get work after and is now a car park attendant.
The Sun (2009)
Flight attendants helped him to spare seats near the emergency exit and gave him oxygen to bring him round.
The Sun (2007)
The only time a look of disbelief crosses his face is when a museum attendant shows off his favourite painting.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He demoted her to lavatory attendant.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
Given the continuing media interest in the aftermath of the escape and its attendant publicity their caution was to some extent understandable.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
Most satisfying is the potential for ruining a parking attendant's day.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Once inside, you have to hand over your handbag to a cloakroom attendant.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The attendant dangers are urinary problems, infections, infertility and complications in childbirth.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In the Sixties, your car was filled by a pump attendant.
The Sun (2013)
He was forced into circus races against horses and worked as a playground janitor and petrol pump attendant before filing for bankruptcy and moving into PR.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
attendant
British English: attendant NOUN
An attendant is someone whose job is to serve people in a public place.
He was working as a car-park attendant.
American English: attendant
Brazilian Portuguese: servidor
Chinese: > 服务员加油站或停车场的
European Spanish: encargado
French: préposé
German: Aufseher
Italian: custode
Japanese: 係員
Korean: 안내원
European Portuguese: atendedor
Latin American Spanish: encargado
All related terms of 'attendant'
en attendant
in the meantime ; while waiting
cabin attendant
a cabin steward on a passenger or cruise ship
care attendant
(in Britain) a person who is paid to look after one or more severely disabled people by visiting them frequently and staying when needed , but who does not live in
lift attendant
a person who operates a lift , esp in large public or commercial buildings and hotels
pool attendant
a person who keeps watch at a swimming pool , and rescues anyone in danger of drowning
pump attendant
a person who works in a garage or petrol station and who fills customers ' cars with petrol
train attendant
a railway employee charged with managing the safe boarding of passengers , ticket inspection, etc
flight attendant
On an aeroplane , the flight attendants are the people whose job is to look after the passengers and serve their meals .
parking attendant
a person who works for a traffic control agency and who issues tickets for parking violations
cloakroom attendant
a person whose job is to check coats and other personal items for visitors to a place
Crossroads care attendant scheme
(in Britain ) a service providing paid attendants for disabled people who need continuous supervision
Chinese translation of 'attendant'
attendant
(əˈtɛndənt)
n(c)
(= person) 服务(務)员(員) (fúwùyuán) (位, wèi)
adj
[dangers, risks, publicity]伴随(隨)的 (bànsuí de)
(noun)
Definition
a person who assists, guides, or provides a service
He was working as a car-park attendant.
Synonyms
assistant
He had been accompanied to the meeting by an assistant.
guide
With guides, the journey can be done in fourteen days.
guard
servant
She couldn't lift a spoon without a servant.
companion
She was employed as companion to a wealthy old woman.
aide
a close aide to the prime minister
escort
My sister needed an escort for a company dinner.
follower
the ringleader and his two thuggish followers
steward
waiter
The waiter brought them their bill.
usher
He did part-time work as an usher in a theatre.
warden
helper
Younger children may need a helper.
auxiliary
a nursing auxiliary
custodian
page
He served as page to a noble lord.
menial
concierge
underling (derogatory)
underlings who do the dirty work
lackey
I'm not staying as a paid lackey to act as your yes-man.
chaperon
flunky
(adjective)
Definition
associated
His victory, and all the attendant publicity, were deserved.
Synonyms
accompanying
She was in an accompanying car driven by a friend.
related
equipment and accessories for diving and related activities
associated
the Associated Press
accessory
Minerals are accessory food factors required in maintaining health.
consequent
The warming of the Earth and the consequent climatic changes affect us all.
resultant
concomitant
New methods had to be learnt, with concomitant delays in production.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of accessory
Minerals are accessory food factors required in maintaining health.