ESCORTED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in accompanied

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verb

past tense of escort

as in attended

to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus

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Following Wednesday's funeral service, firefighters and residents lined roadways and overpasses, many saluting as police vehicles escorted a procession of five white hearses. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 July 2026 Rescued by Tamijuddin, a Muslim friend of her father’s, the adolescent Sutara is nursed back to health by his family before being escorted safely to her brothers in Calcutta. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 About 1,840 people were escorted out of Canada last year, according to the Canada Border Services Agency. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Without missing a beat, a clerk escorted me to my one-bedroom suite in the Serlas Wing, where a bottle of Champagne was chilling. — Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026 Two inspectors were escorted into The Club one night last year by homeowners who had targeted Airbnbs occupied by guests. — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026 An employee then escorted the person with the gun off the property. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 On Monday, July 20, a motorcade escorted Marsh’s body through the Northwest Arkansas region, the Rogers Police Department announced on Facebook. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 The standoff ended with Jackson being escorted away by police, but resulted in Jackson fighting for better logger and wood hauler protections as a state lawmaker. — Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

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accompanied

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The department says Archaga-Elvir was arrested in Texas as an accompanied minor in 2015, but he was released by the Obama administration.

— Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026

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