follower

UK: /ˈfɒləʊə^r/ US: /ˈfɑloʊɚ/ ,(fol′ō ər)

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fol•low•er /ˈfɑloʊɚ/   n. [countable]

1. a person or thing that follows.
2. a person who follows another in regard to his or her ideas or belief;
   disciple or adherent.
3. a person who imitates, copies, or takes as a model or ideal:
   a follower of current fashions.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fol•low•er  (fol′ō ər), n. 

1. a person or thing that follows.
2. a person who follows another in regard to his or her ideas or belief;
   disciple or adherent.
3. a person who imitates, copies, or takes as a model or ideal:
   He was little more than a follower of current modes.
4. an attendant, servant, or retainer.
5. British Terms a boyfriend or suitor, esp. of a maidservant.
6. Mechanical Engineering [Mach.] a part receiving motion from or following the movements of another part, esp. a cam.
7. Building, Civil Engineering [Engin., Building Trades.] a concrete form attached to the head of a timber pile to permit casting of a concrete cap or pier.

• Middle English folwer, Old English folgere. See follow, -er¹ bef. 900

Synonyms

• 2. supporter.
  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.

Antonyms

• 2. opponent, adversary, enemy, foe.

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follower / ˈfɒləʊə/ noun

1. a person who accepts the teachings of another; disciple; adherent: a follower of Marx
2. an attendant or henchman
3. an enthusiast or supporter, as of a sport or team
4. a person who chooses to receive the content posted on social media by another person
5. (esp formerly) a male admirer