follower
[ fol-oh-er ]
/ ˈfɒl oʊ ər /
noun
synonym study for follower
2.
Follower,
adherent,
partisan refer to someone who demonstrates allegiance to a person, a doctrine, a cause, and the like.
Follower often has an implication of personal relationship or of slavish acquiescence.
Adherent, a more formal word, has implications of active championship of a person or a point of view.
Partisan, ordinarily meaning a person prejudiced and unreasoning in adherence to a party, during World War II took on the meaning of a member of certain groups in occupied countries of Europe who carried on underground resistance to the Nazis.
Words nearby follower
follow up,
follow-my-leader,
follow-on,
follow-through,
follow-up,
follower,
followership,
following,
following bougie,
followship,
folly
Example sentences from the Web for follower
British Dictionary definitions for follower
follower
/ (ˈfɒləʊə) /
noun
a person who accepts the teachings of another; disciple; adherent
a follower of Marx
an attendant or henchman
an enthusiast or supporter, as of a sport or team
(esp formerly) a male admirer
rare
a pursuer
a machine part that derives its motion by following the motion of another part