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as in adherents
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
the followers of Gandhi have spread his philosophy of nonviolence all over the world
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as in imitators
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
Brando's Method acting inspired a whole generation of mumbling followers
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Recent Examples of followers
Strangers turned to followers and views into food orders.
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Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Tate has amassed more than 10 million followers on X and hundreds of thousands more on other platforms like Telegram and Truth Social.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Welcome back to longtime followers of our NFL picks and welcome aboard to newbies.
—Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Djerf Avenue sells blazers, button-downs, pajamas, and even bedding at relatively affordable price points (a cardigan goes for $115), aiming to be accessible to Djerf’s young followers.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Jodi Kovar, a dance and cheer teacher with nearly 17,000 TikTok followers, has auditioned for other NFL cheer teams, including the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and the Miami Dolphins squad.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
While many followers recognized the scam early on, some were deceived and suffered financial loss.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Even executives with just a few thousand followers generated meaningful business results when their content was intentional and regular.
—Justin Nassiri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In a final post Tuesday evening, Kelley told her followers she was being taken into custody.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Tate has amassed more than 10 million followers on X and hundreds of thousands more on other platforms like Telegram and Truth Social.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Welcome back to longtime followers of our NFL picks and welcome aboard to newbies.
—Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Djerf Avenue sells blazers, button-downs, pajamas, and even bedding at relatively affordable price points (a cardigan goes for $115), aiming to be accessible to Djerf’s young followers.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Jodi Kovar, a dance and cheer teacher with nearly 17,000 TikTok followers, has auditioned for other NFL cheer teams, including the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and the Miami Dolphins squad.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
While many followers recognized the scam early on, some were deceived and suffered financial loss.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Even executives with just a few thousand followers generated meaningful business results when their content was intentional and regular.
—Justin Nassiri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In a final post Tuesday evening, Kelley told her followers she was being taken into custody.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for followers
Noun
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Trump and his hogmen are co-opting actual Nazi lingo from the gutter of the internet, speaking in references only Fox News viewers and Q-Anon adherents can parse, and rehabilitating the r-word as some sort of edgy pose that the rest of us learned was cruel in middle school.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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After the Great Black Migration in the 1920s, our city was one of the centers of the Ku Klux Klan’s revival as the strongest populist movement of the decade, claiming 5 million adherents, with 50,000 in Chicago alone.—
Jackson Potter,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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Top off fall fits with cozy scarves—think last year’s iconic Acne Studio scarf (and its many imitators) that is still going strong.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The LLMs behind generative agents and chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are certainly expert imitators.—
Webb Wright,
Scientific American,
18 Aug. 2025
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But witnessing that scene Sunday night, even the most casual fan among a platoon of 50,000 disciples would grin at this once-implausible sight.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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If The White Lotus season three was an object of worship, then my friends and I were loyal disciples, and anyone’s living room was our temple.—
Nikki Sternberg,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Aug. 2025
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The Quintosapore innovative farming project may be nestled in the verdant and peaceful Umbrian hills, but echoes of Hollywood and Cinecittà are not too distant.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
6 Sep. 2025
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For many people, Stewart included, conjure’s echoes ring loudest in the kitchen.—
Danielle Amir Jackson,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Followers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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