attendee

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noun

A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounattendee (plural attendees)

plural attendees

  1. A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event.

    Many of the speakers and attendees see natalism as a way of reversing these changes.

    2024 April 28, Gaby Del Valle, “The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population”, in POLITICO, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2024
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    During the official performance of the National Anthem of the Russian Federation all attendees are supposed to stand and men take their hats off.

    2000, Russian Government, Federal Constitutional Law №3 dated December 25, 2000

    O'Reilly, the summit host, remembers a particularly insightful comment from Torvalds, a summit attendee.

    2002, Sam Williams, Free as in Freedom, chapter 11

    President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials attended the conference, though the ACU says the attendee did not come into contact with the president or vice president, nor did they attend events in the main hall.

    2020 March 7, Greg Clary, Raymond Arke, “CPAC attendee tested positive for coronavirus”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2021

    There is also no barrier to those living outside of London, which the team quickly discovered when they started running virtual tours and found that 50% of the attendees were from overseas, joining the tour from as far away as Singapore, Toronto and Australia.

    2021 March 24, Stefanie Foster, “Hidden London: Old Tube on YouTube”, in RAIL, number 927, page 42

    Synonyms: attendant, audience, participant, attender, audience

  2. uncommonA person who is attended.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who is present and participates in a meeting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan assistent
  • assistenta person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
Chinese Mandarin 出席者, 出席者
  • 出席者 (chūxízhě)a person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
  • 出席者 (chūxízhě)a visitor of or participant in an event
Esperanto ĉeestanto, partoprenanto
  • ĉeestantoa person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
  • partoprenantoa visitor of or participant in an event
French participant
  • participanta visitor of or participant in an event
Indonesian hadirin, peserta
  • hadirina person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
  • pesertaa visitor of or participant in an event
Māori kaitāri, kaitatū
  • kaitāria person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
  • kaitatūa person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
  • kaitatūa visitor of or participant in an event
Norwegian fremmøtte
  • fremmøttea person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
Polish uczestnik, uczestnik
  • uczestnika person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
  • uczestnika visitor of or participant in an event
Portuguese participante, espectador
  • participantea person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
  • espectadora person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
  • participantea visitor of or participant in an event
Russian уча́стник, уча́стница
  • уча́стник (učástnik)a person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
  • уча́стница (učástnica)a person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event
  • уча́стник (učástnik)a visitor of or participant in an event
  • уча́стница (učástnica)a visitor of or participant in an event
Spanish asistente
  • asistentea person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event

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Cite this entry
APA

attendee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attendee

MLA

“attendee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attendee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attendee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attendee.

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