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follower

/ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/

follower noun: one who follows, comes after another.

Noun

follower (plural followers)

  1. (literally) 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.
    Synonyms:
    adherent, disciple
  5. An imitator, who follows another's example.
  6. A pursuer.
  7. (social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
    • I have over 50 followers on Twitter, but all my tweets only get 10 likes.
    • Talking bout these other rappers getting old is even getting old / Worrying about your followers, you need to get your dollars up2012, “Amen”, in Dreamchasers 2, performed by Meek Mill ft. Drake
  8. A machine part receiving motion from another.
    1. A tappet.
  9. A man courting a maidservant; a suitor.
  10. Young cattle.
  11. A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
  12. (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
  13. (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.
  14. A tool used to remove the core from a pin-tumbler lock without causing the driver pins and springs to fall out.

follower meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

follower in Hindi

one who follows
अनुयायी anuyāyī, अनुगामी anugāmī
one who is a part of a master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer
अनुयायी anuyāyī

follower in Tamil

பின்பற்றுபவர், மாணாக்கர், பின்பற்றி, பின்தொடர்பவர், பின்தொடரி, கடைபிடிப்பவர்

follower in Urdu

follower
دم dum

follower in Telugu

ఫాలోవర్, అనుచరుడు
More languagesFewer languages
follower in Malayalam
അനുകാരി, അനുയായി, ശിഷ്യൻ, പിൻഗാമി
follower in Kannada
ಅಟ್ಟಿಗ aṭṭiga
follower in Punjabi
ਦਾਸ dās
follower in Sanskrit
भागवत bhāgavata, गाणपत्य gāṇapatya, सेवक sevaka
follower in Pashto
پیغور peǧor
follower in Tagalog
tagasunod
follower in Arabic
تَابِع tābiʕ, مُتَابِع mutābiʕ

Examples of follower in a sentence

  • Followers should have a system to follow that works in their interests, not against them.
  • The driver engages the follower intermittently, as dictated by the solenoid.
  • Individuals within this sense may include theistic Satanists, The Satanic Temple followers, or self-identifying Satanists.

All 40 example sentences with follower

Synonyms of follower

Antonyms

Forms of follower

pluralfollowers

Plural of follower: followers

Origin of follower

From Middle English folwer, folwere, folewer, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.

Words formed from follower

Phrases with follower

Questions about follower

What does follower mean?
Follower means one who follows, comes after another.
What is follower in Hindi?
Follower in Hindi is अनुयायी (anuyāyī), अनुगामी (anugāmī). See Follower meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is follower?
Follower is a noun.
How do you pronounce follower?
Follower is pronounced /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of follower?
The plural of follower is followers.

Words near follower in the dictionary

  1. followedst
  2. followee
  3. followees
  4. Followell
  5. Followells
  6. follower
  7. follower-ship
  8. followers
  9. followership
  10. followerships
  11. followest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: follower (page history and authors); follower (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); دم (Urdu) (page history and authors); follower (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); follower (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಅಟ್ಟಿಗ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਦਾਸ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); गाणपत्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); پیغور (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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