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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
Despite a massive group of followers cascading down and surrounding the royal couple, one beachgoer went viral after she couldn't be bothered to dismiss the UV index for the day.
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Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Reese Witherspoon went viral last week — nearly five million views on Instagram and countless more when her comments were shared across platforms — for suggesting that her followers embrace and learn how to use artificial intelligence.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Witherspoon has long been talking about artificial intelligence and encouraging her followers to become familiar with the technology, which is rapidly upending industries from Hollywood to tech.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Getting followers on my account was never my intention going into this.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 20 Apr. 2026
Online, Marshall has over 10 million followers across his TikTok, Instagram and YouTube channels for his popular fitness content and dance-style workouts.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
King is know for his social media channels, which have over three million cumulative followers.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
But New York lounge singer and trombone player Richie Nuzz told his TikTok followers that the Swift-Kelce party caught his act that night in Cipriani’s jazz club.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Flávia had a significant following online with more than 60,000 followers on Instagram.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Reese Witherspoon went viral last week — nearly five million views on Instagram and countless more when her comments were shared across platforms — for suggesting that her followers embrace and learn how to use artificial intelligence.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Witherspoon has long been talking about artificial intelligence and encouraging her followers to become familiar with the technology, which is rapidly upending industries from Hollywood to tech.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Getting followers on my account was never my intention going into this.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 20 Apr. 2026
Online, Marshall has over 10 million followers across his TikTok, Instagram and YouTube channels for his popular fitness content and dance-style workouts.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
King is know for his social media channels, which have over three million cumulative followers.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
But New York lounge singer and trombone player Richie Nuzz told his TikTok followers that the Swift-Kelce party caught his act that night in Cipriani’s jazz club.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Flávia had a significant following online with more than 60,000 followers on Instagram.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for followers
Noun
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He’d been struck that the Milwaukee branch of the adherents to his cause were forever boasting about their superior sanitation systems.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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TikTok obsessives, wellness-culture adherents, and misinformation junkies all end up in need of care.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
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In Karp’s telling, Basquiat is someone who Just Did Things, like today’s defense tech founders, who possess a similar kind of creative conviction, as opposed to the consumer tech imitators of yesteryear.—
Simon Denny,
Artforum,
20 Apr. 2026
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This is the first Hitchcock film that fully crystallizes his distinct sense of dark humor, which is one of the key elements that sets his thrillers apart from those of his contemporaries and imitators.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Apr. 2026
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Just imagine singing along with a club full of other disciples.—
David Harris,
SPIN,
15 Apr. 2026
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In Rome, Leo washed the feet of others, as the story of the Last Supper records Jesus doing for his disciples.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Thousands took to the streets, and police responded by using rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons to disperse the protests, in a show of force that carried echoes of 1956.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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But travel through this stretch of the West Coast on the trail of the American writer and there are echoes of his world all around you.—
Alexandra Genova,
TheWeek,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Followers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followers. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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