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follower English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word follower once they have reached the level C1 – Advanced. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning follower meaning

What does follower mean?

Definitions in simple English

follower Noun

— A follower is someone who follows. The band has a large number of followers.

— One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.

follower

— noun a person who accepts the leadership of another

— noun someone who travels behind or pursues another

Synonyms follower synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as follower?

follower English » English

adherent

disciple

supporter

attendant

servant

believer

pupil

admirer

henchman

fan

student

companion

partisan

subordinate

retinue

friend

devotee

apostle

advocate

adept

votary

successor

retainer

proponent

imitator

dependant

vindicator

valet

upholder

scholar

satellite

replacement

pursuer

lover

learner

layman

laity

lackey

heir

exponent

apprentice

The Apostles

zealot enthusiast

young person

yield allegiance to

worshipper

wife

vassal

underling

truster

Topics follower topics

What do people use follower to talk about?

Language and thought Think Opinion

Believe

• What words refer to a person who believes?
  believer follower

Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Participate

• What words describe a person's role in a group?
  ringleader follower hanger-on adherent

Social behavior Authority Submit to authority

Follow, be a disciple

• What words refer to a disciple?
  disciple adherent devotee follower imitator learner proselyte

Social behavior Religion Religious organization

Religious person

• What is a person called who believes in a religion?
  believer member (of the faith) adherent follower practitioner

Examples follower examples

How do I use follower in a sentence?

Simple sentences

She is a follower of Freud.

Are you a leader or a follower?

I am a follower of that school.

Movie subtitles

He is a great Mormon, and you, well, you're a. great follower.

Right! I'm a follower.

I'm a follower.

I'm not a follower anymore No, now I am Africa!

Every follower of of Pharaoh's God has been marked for death.

Do I look like a follower of the accursed Aton?

Napoleon stepped up confidently to take charge of Animal Farm, and fat pig Squealer became his obedient follower and assistant.

That's Johanka, a faithful follower of Master Jan.

I am not a follower of this man.

My husband showed me. how to recognise a follower, and how to loose him.

If anyone wants to be my follower, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

In order to become a follower of the so-called Left Hand Path, one has to be rebaptised in the cause and take the name of some past notable of the occult.

Drink, follower of the rue faith.

My dear, it occurred to me, he'll make a delightful coffin-follower.

A, follower!

I will make your slink-follower eat shet!

And weakness is an infection that makes a man a follower instead of a leader.

Got a lot of follower's, too.

And let his follower Sam. Not to take risk to stay in the city.

I am a follower, general.

A follower. for how long?

How long will you be a follower?

I have discovered it's much safer.to be a follower.

I don't mean a regular coffin-follower to attend grown-up people, no just at children's funerals.

As a trustee, he has the run of the place, and of course the authorities don't know that he's a follower of Delgado.

ARE YOU IMPLICATING, MUM, THAT I AM A FOLLOWER?

Really, so you're a follower of Sanada?

I'm a follower of Sebastian.

Follower of Asmodeus!

Father is a great follower of detective stories.

This tendency found its most effective advocate in a follower of Pythagoras named Plato.

And that some thinks your son - him, the skeptical, follower of the new sciences?

At least I get a follower.

It is even said that he is a follower of Napoleon.

For my whole life I know I'm blind. But I am right to be your follower!

You were a fan. and a follower. and then a pupil. and then you were a roommate.

As for your follower, I'll blow him apart!

Ramses is a follower, a weakling.

Like a camp-follower! Then let's. get married.

News and current affairs

And his younger brother, Dzhokhar, recovering from gunshot wounds in a Boston hospital while waiting to be put on trial for his life, seems to have been a pathetic follower who acted less out of deep conviction than out of fraternal love.

But the transition from follower to leader at the frontier of the innovation economy is more challenging and elusive.

It is not yet clear whether East Asia's economic powerhouses will succeed in making the transition from follower to frontier.

John Paul II was no follower of neo-liberalism.

A passive follower keeps his head down, shuns risk, and avoids criticism.

But Dawkins goes further and argues that if one is a follower of Darwin, then sensibly one ought to be an atheist.

In instinct and language, she was a follower of Friedrich von Hayek.

Mohammad Taghi Khalaji, a cleric and devoted follower of Ayatollah Khomeini, was arrested on January 12 after saying at a Tehran mosque that Iran's leaders should repent for their actions.

But Dawkins goes further and argues that if one is a follower of Darwin, then sensibly one ought to be an atheist. Dawkins agrees with the Creationists on one thing: the incompatibility of Darwinism and Christianity.

For an inveterate follower of Karl Popper, this is disconcerting.