chaperone
Dance floor guardian
A chaperone is someone who accompanies and supervises others, especially young people at social events: Parent chaperones attended the school dance.
Traditionally, a chaperone was an older woman ensuring a young unmarried woman's propriety in mixed company—a role now largely obsolete.
The verb means to act as such a supervisor: She chaperoned the field trip.
Also spelled chaperon.
Manage and direct
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- superviseDirect and watch others
- watchPortable timekeeping device
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
custodian · caretaker · escort · accompany · safeguard · vigilance · watchful · responsible
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- minorScale with lowered third
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
- promHigh school formal dance
dance · field trip · school · excursion · outing · homecoming · cotillion · debutante
Romantic pursuit of another
- suitorOne who seeks affection
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- decorumFitting social conduct
modesty · reputation · honor · old-fashioned · Victorian · traditional · matchmaker · betrothal
oversee
Manage and direct
guardian · custodian · caretaker · escort · accompany · safeguard · vigilance · watchful · responsible · authority
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- minorScale with lowered third
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
prom · dance · field trip · school · excursion · outing · homecoming · cotillion · debutante · graduation
courting
Romantic pursuit of another
decorum · modesty · reputation · honor · old-fashioned · Victorian · traditional · matchmaker · betrothal · calling
etiquette
Rules of polite conduct
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
presentation · society · debut · gala · soiree · function · occasion · hostess · propriety · decorum
guide
Leader or instruction book
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
- groupAssembled collection of things
- excursionBrief recreational trip
trip · journey · abroad · museum · gallery · expedition · tourist · sightseeing · itinerary · bus
- School Volunteersroom parent, PTA member, tutor, committee chair, classroom aide
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- caretakerscaretaker, caretakers, caregiver, guardian, minder
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
- old-fashionedantique, antiques, gramophone, phonograph, horse and buggy
- period dramaperiod costumes, costume drama, Victorian era, period piece, Edwardian era
chaperoneabandon
Leave behind permanently
neglect · forsake · desert · ignore · leave alone
chaperonecharge
Cost or accusation
ward · participant · date · partygoer · reveler
chaperoneenabler
One who facilitates harmful behavior
accomplice · instigator · corrupter · bad influence · tempter
- chaperoned datesRomantic outings with oversight