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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
By the end of the season, Unrivaled’s main accounts across six platforms reached nearly 400,000 followers, while its clubs added another 334,000 combined.
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Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
By then Kirk had amassed millions of followers across social media, and The Charlie Kirk Show became one of the most popular political podcasts in the country.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The club have more than six million followers across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube, up 43 per cent since 2023.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
After Lula was elected, in October, 2022, Bolsonaro’s followers gathered outside Army barracks, urging the military to intervene.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
Then again, the Gen Z content creator does have more than 130,000 Instagram followers, and more than (hold your hats) 740,000 followers on TikTok currently.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Strangers turned to followers and views into food orders.
—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
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
Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
By then Kirk had amassed millions of followers across social media, and The Charlie Kirk Show became one of the most popular political podcasts in the country.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The club have more than six million followers across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube, up 43 per cent since 2023.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
After Lula was elected, in October, 2022, Bolsonaro’s followers gathered outside Army barracks, urging the military to intervene.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
Then again, the Gen Z content creator does have more than 130,000 Instagram followers, and more than (hold your hats) 740,000 followers on TikTok currently.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Strangers turned to followers and views into food orders.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for followers
Noun
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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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To adherents, Nakamoto is considered a hero who empowered individuals to take back control of money.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That instinct to merge craftsmanship with culture has kept him ahead of imitators.—
Janee Bolden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Build a content machine that runs so fast, followers see you as the source, not the imitators.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Over 20 years, Belichick disciples became prone to treating players as disposable assets instead of human beings they are supposed to both employ and empower.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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The list of actors playing Jesus and his disciples includes Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin and Dave Thomas, plus musical director Paul Shaffer, all of whom would go on to have renowned careers on stage and screen.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Over millennia, marine animals have honed ears and sonar-like abilities to read their world in vibrations and echoes, turning the ocean into a place both alive with sound and fine-tuned to its subtleties.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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But his spices aren’t the only things that have echoes of home.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Followers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followers. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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