Meaning & use

Attender

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A person who is present at or regularly goes to an event, meeting, or place.

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Regular attenders of the town hall meetings know the council members by name.

The survey tracked church attenders across several decades.

A note on using this word

Though grammatically regular, "attender" is far less common than "attendee" and can sound slightly formal or dated in everyday speech.

Words with a similar meaning

attendeeparticipant

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Words with an opposite meaning

absentee

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