English noun: follower |
1. | follower (person) a person who accepts the leadership of another |
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| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | adherent, adulator, buff, camp follower, Cartesian, cultist, cultist, devotee, disciple, fan, feudatory, flatterer, flunkey, flunky, Freudian, hanger-on, Hegelian, inferior, Jacksonian, janissary, Jeffersonian, Jungian, Keynesian, Lamarckian, leech, liege, liege subject, liegeman, lover, Machiavellian, Mendelian, Mohammedan, Muhammadan, Muhammedan, myrmidon, Nestorian, Newtonian, parasite, planet, regular, respecter, satellite, sheep, Skinnerian, sponge, sponger, Stalinist, stooge, submitter, tagalong, vassal, Wagnerian, yes-man |
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| Antonyms | leader |
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2. | follower (person) someone who travels behind or pursues another |
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| Broader (hypernym) | traveler, traveller |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chaser, pursuer, shadow, shadow, shadower, tail |
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