Follower

Noun

 * 1) lit.  One who follows, comes after another.
 * 2) Something that comes after another thing.
 * 3) One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
 * 4) One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
 * 5) An imitator, who follows another's example
 * 6) A pursuer.
 * 7) A machine part receiving motion from another
 * 8) A man courting a maidservant.
 * 9) Young cattle.
 * 10) A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
 * 11) (construction) A device used in driving piles, generally consisting of a section of steel pipe, to bring the top of the pile to a level below the adjoining level of the pile

Verbs for Follower
attract—s; beget—s; beguile—; conduct—; dictate to—; direct—; exhort—; fascinate —; gather—s; goad—; instruct—; retain—; secure—s; spurn—s; woo—s; —accepts; — accompanies; —admires; —assists; —imitates; —obeys; —practices; — preserve; — serves.

Synonyms for Follower
pupil, attendant, servant, partisan, pursuer, adherent, disciple, successor, protege.

Antonyms for Follower
leader, precursor, enemy, antagonist, adversary, scorner, scoffer, objector, oppressor, rejecter, persecutor.

Derived terms

 * followership

Related terms

 * following

Thesaurus
Christian, God-fearing man, accepter, addict, adherent, adherents, admirer, adorer, advocate, aficionado, amateur, amorist, apostle, appendage, apprentice, attendance, attendant, believer, body of retainers, bodyguard, booster, bootlicker, buff, catechumen, cavaliere servente, chaser, church, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, class, cog, cohort, collector, commonality, commonalty, communicant, communion, confession, convert, cortege, court, courtier, creature, daily communicant, dangler, denomination, dependent, devotee, devotionalist, dilettante, disciple, disciples, dummy, enthusiast, entourage, faith, fan, fanatic, fancier, feudatory, figurehead, flunky, followers, following, freak, gillie, good Christian, goon, groupie, habitue, hanger-on, heeler, henchman, hoi polloi, homager, homme de cour, hunter, idolater, idolizer, infatuate, inferior, ism, jackal, junior, lackey, lickspittle, liege, liege man, lightweight, lover, lower class, lower orders, man, masses, minion, myrmidon, neophyte, order, paramour, parasite, partisan, pawn, peon, persuasion, pietist, promoter, proponent, proselyte, public, pupil, puppet, pursuant, pursuer, pursuivant, quester, receiver, religionist, retainer, retinue, rooter, rout, saint, satellite, school, second fiddle, secondary, sect, sectary, seeker, serf, servant, shadow, slave, stooge, student, subaltern, subordinate, successor, suite, suitor, supporter, sycophant, tagtail, tail, theist, third stringer, thug, toady, train, trainbearer, truster, underling, understrapper, vassal, votary, ward heeler, wooer, worshiper, yeoman, yes-man, zealot

Translations

 * Danish: efterfølger
 * Dutch: volger, navolger
 * Finnish:


 * Georgian: მომხრე
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Danish: efterfølger
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:
 * Swahili:


 * Danish: ledsager, følgesvend
 * Dutch: gevolgsman


 * Finnish:
 * Swahili:


 * Danish: tilhænger, medløber, eftersnakker
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * Polish: wyznawca
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch: imitator, navolger
 * Spanish: imitador


 * Swahili:


 * Danish: forfølger
 * Spanish: seguidor


 * Swahili:


 * Danish: madkæreste


 * Swahili: