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Synonyms for escort

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

guard convey accompany convoy

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Convoy — to attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for…

see, convoy, accompany, company, attend, guard, safe-conduct, lead, wait on, wait, convey, conduct dated

Other

squire

Noun

1. Bodyguard

bodyguard, retinue, attendant, consort, accompaniment

Other

safe-guard, protection, date, beau, usher

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to.

  2. n. 1

    A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.

Related words

Phrases
escort agency escort service

Forms

Plural
escorts → bodyguards, retinues, attendants, consorts…
Past participle
escorted
e.g. escorted → seen, convoyed, accompanied, companied…

Example sentences

  • guard The security guard went back on his normal patrol.
  • convey A standalone syllable doesn't convey any meaning.
  • accompany I'm not going to accompany the children to school.
  • convoy The convoy of army trucks was blocking the road.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
escortrising
guardrising
conveysteady
accompanysteady
convoyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
see1
4 letters
wait1, lead1, date1, beau1
5 letters
guard1, usher2
6 letters
attend2, convey2, convoy2, squire1
7 letters
company3, conduct2, consort2, retinue3
9 letters
accompany4, attendant3, bodyguard3
10 letters
protection3
13 letters
accompaniment4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (usher2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
escorter
Italiano
scortare
Deutsch
eskortieren