followers

noun

plural of follower
1
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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2
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 Smead has amassed a large following online with more than 4,000 followers on Facebook. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026 His followers grew in numbers as did their intrigue about how to acquire said pints. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 Some followers wish the company would decrease the number of promos interspersed among the helpful injury updates. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 July 2026 Paytas has more than 20 million followers across social platforms, and is known for her lifestyle vlogs, ASMR content and cosplay videos. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 July 2026 From an underground niche to gaining mainstream appeal, Cyborg has been a staple of the sport and an icon to hardcore followers. — Leocciano Callao, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 As a junior, Smith, then a budding creator with roughly 13,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram, was flummoxed by a sudden flood of outreaches from brands. — Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026 In a video shared on April 5, Meghan Markle gave followers a glimpse into her family’s Easter celebrations. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 Supporters embraced the insult as a badge of resilience, turning it into a satirical political campaign that amassed more than 21 million Instagram followers in a few days. — ABC News, 18 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for followers
  1. adherents
  2. imitators
  3. disciples
  4. echoes
Noun
  • Sloganeering was the lingua franca of what adherents referred to as the Stanley Opportunity.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • Baric worked closely with researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which many adherents to the lab-leak theory posit as the source of the pandemic; one contingent thinks that Baric might have been the creator of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of adherents
Noun
  • But the arrival of Buc-ee's supercharged the trend and spawned imitators like Wally's, which has three 50,000-square-foot locations in the Midwest, with plans for more.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • The frontier labs keep shipping the next capability while the imitators are still training on the last one, and the value keeps accruing to whoever is ahead rather than to whoever copied the leader's previous answers.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of imitators
Noun
  • Back in his coaching career, Cruyff was one of the first managers to be obsessed with the cut of the pitch — a trait that has passed over to his disciples, most notably the exacting Pep Guardiola.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Christian Science teaches that the divine laws of Truth and Life, as demonstrated by Jesus and his disciples, continue to operate today as an eternal, demonstrable Science.
    — Alistair Budd, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026
Definition of disciples
Noun
  • But Thomas Tuchel took those echoes and put a colossal microphone in front of them, cranking up the decibels to make this failure worse than the others.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Whatever its international echoes, the exhibition incited local responses by far-right entities.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
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