follow

Meaning

1. To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
2. To go or come after in a sequence.
3. To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
4. To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
5. To understand, to pay attention to.
6. To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
7. To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.
8. To be a logical consequence of something.
9. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

pursue

go after

obey

accompany

come after

chase

track

observe

imitate

trail

trace

succeed

shadow

hunt

ensue

attend

conform

watch

copy

comply

run after

comply with

abide by

emulate

result

go with

abide

keep

tail

understand

stick to

dog

hound

conform to

go along

serve

walk behind

stalk

travel along

come

escort

with

behind

undertake

apply to

catch

tag along

spy on

stick

continue

behave

observe the precepts

practise

stick with

play along

take after

adopt

espouse

postdate

fall out

tag

lead

respect

hold

listen to

adhere to

follow up

walk along

hanker after

hover around

cling

keep up with

be after

find

look for

search for

seek for

agree with

go along with

haul

appreciate

appear

be guided by

join

keep abreast

keep up

keep an eye on

watch over

get

consider

heel

follow tracks

cause to follow

take

send away

adhere

follow suit

maintain

later

act

fulfil

travel

be inferior

lag behind

ape

mock

assume

as follows

in the following words

run along

be in accordance with

study with

believe in

dedicate

present

cleave to

flatter

join up with

obey implicitly

keep in pace with

come along with one

overtake

accompany a prince

tag along behind somebody

keep abreast with

keep place with

be in company with

keep on

attach

tail after someone

exactly

precisely

same as

cohere

harmonize

supersede

be interested in

keep abreast of

catch on

develop

spring

give in

be guided

be clear/obvious

act up

act according

adapt oneself

walk alongside

attach oneself

hold good in the case

come behind

choose

get after

come next

attend upon

pad

operate

discourse upon

dwell upon

enlarge upon

expand

speak about

guide

draw

pour

compel

force

oblige

drive

come on

exhaust

tail after

adjoint

adjugate

ejector pin

knock-out pin

peel

push over

push pole

pushbeam

pusher

pusher bar

pushing bar

pushover bar

pushrod

radius rod

stripping pins

tappet

thruster

following

backward

back of

rear

be consecutive

consecutive

follow each other

series

drive away

join with

follow after

be last

run after someone

most often figuratively

attend on

worship

chase away

heed

value

happen

agree

go by

scan

remain

stand

stay

stay in place

stay put

stick around

come forth

entail

keep tabs on

keep track

alive

compass

comprehend

figure

get it

interpret

know

make out

perceive

read

realise

sense

touch

translate

meet up with

chase after

impersonate

surveil

survey

be a disciple

head

take turns

have an interest in

study

carry out

descendant

go behind

go out with

along

according to

participate in

go together

retrace

sleuth

spy

bear

be clear

be obvious

learn

pretend

aides

attendants

clog

crowd

embrace

hug

possess

support

inherit

succeed to

cause

edge

hem

margin

reason

believe

lay claim to

fill in

fill

fulfill

gruntle

meet

satisfy

soothe

supply

make

mimic

plagiarise

replicate

simulate

advance

pass

backtrack

persecute

suit

keep company

course

sequence

approach

attack

stack up

devout

manage

carry on

thin

false report

from

expound

direct

submit to

submit

provoke

Frequency

Hyphenated as

fol‧low

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɒləʊ/

From Middle English folwen, folȝen, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (“to follow”).

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