chaperones 1 of 2

verb

variants or chaperons
present tense third-person singular of chaperone
as in accompanies
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship three parents will chaperone the students on the school trip

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chaperones

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noun

variants or chaperons
plural of chaperone
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as in attendants

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as in teachers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperones
  1. accompanies
  2. attendants
  3. teachers
  4. escorts
  5. guides
  6. sponsors
  7. companions
  8. coaches
Verb
  • Personalized service accompanies authentic Mediterranean dining at La Cucina.
    — Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Fanatics Collect is attempting to up the ante for sellers by launching FanCash payouts for customers, which waives transaction fees from anywhere between six and 12 percent that typically accompanies any sale.
    — Larry Holder, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of accompanies
Noun
  • The horses, the Council was told, have stable attendants watching over them around the clock, and immediate access to a veterinarian 24 hours a day.
    — Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • Before guests began eating dinner, Weijia Jiang, president of the White House Correspondents' Association delivered an impassioned speech condemning political violence and applauding attendants bravery after the shooting at the April event.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Definition of attendants
Noun
  • Colin Gray’s sentencing represents the end of a harrowing road that began with the September 2024 shooting in which his son, then 14, fatally shot two students and two teachers and injured nine others at his Winder, Georgia, high school.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • Faced with an assessment task that is squishy, particularly when dealing with students who are at the beginning of their growth as writers, many teachers have fallen back on structural measures.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of teachers
Verb
  • For a relatively small fee, someone meets you at the aircraft, carries your bags, escorts you through customs in just a few minutes, helps collect your luggage, and takes you directly to your transportation.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Levine puts his arm around the girl before security arrives and escorts her off.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
Definition of escorts
Noun
  • Increasingly, however, these influencers are guides, companions, cultural interpreters, and trusted sources of information in an age of rock-bottom trust in public institutions.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • In the paper, the authors encourage anyone able to observe the impact to give it a try—and point to guides to help amateurs.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 20 July 2026
Definition of guides
Noun
  • Once outside capital owns a portion of FIFA’s commercial rights, pressure inevitably grows to increase revenues, maximize broadcast value and create more inventory for sponsors.
    — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Ray thanked the city, sponsors, mentors, pastors, volunteers and audience members who supported his work.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Definition of sponsors
Noun
  • In new cities, taxi drivers and tour guides become temporary companions.
    — Rafaela Jinich, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
  • These occur when white dwarfs overfeed on companions and are completely destroyed by the resultant explosion.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of companions
Noun
  • A lot of credit goes to his work with the Royals’ hitting coaches.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Gay would be a logical choice for both roles, but his limited playing time the past two seasons might discourage Miami’s coaches from investing in him.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of coaches
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