followernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɒl.əʊ.ər/us/ˈfɑː.loʊ.ɚ/follower noun [ C ] (SUPPORTER)
UK someone who has a great interest in something:
They are keen followers of their local team.
C2 someone who supports, admires, or believes in a particular person, group, or idea:
a follower of Jesus
followers of the Dalai Lama/Buddhism
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Admirers
- admirer
- devotee
- fan
- fan club
- fanboy
- fandom
- fangirl
- fans' favourite
- fansite
- flatterer
- following
- hanger-on
- party faithful
- secret admirer
- stan
- worshipper
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Enthusiasts
Supporters, members & defenders
follower noun [ C ] (PERSON WHO OBEYS)
a person who does what someone else does or suggests doing:
Be a leader, not a follower!
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Obedient and compliant
- accordance
- acquiescent
- adherence
- answer to sb
- be (like) sheep idiom
- clean
- clean up your act idiom
- compliant
- creature
- dutiful
- easy
- I'm easy idiom
- obedience
- pursuant
- sheep
- slavish
- slavishly
- subservient
- tie
- tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings idiom
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follower noun [ C ] (SOCIAL MEDIA)
someone who chooses to see a particular person's posts (= messages) on Twitter™ (= a website where people can publish short remarks or pieces of information):
She has over 100,000 followers on Twitter.