Follow definition

Follow as a verb

1. to travel behind, go after, come after

   "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"

2. be later in time

   "Tuesday always follows Monday"

   Same sense: postdate

3. come as a logical consequence; follow logically

   "It follows that your assertion is false"

   Same sense: fall out

4. travel along a certain course

   "follow the road"

   Same sense: travel along

5. act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes

   "Follow these simple rules"

   Same sense: comply, abide by

6. come after in time, as a result

   "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake"

   Same sense: come after

7. behave in accordance or in agreement with

   "Follow a pattern"

   Same sense: conform to

8. be next

   "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"

9. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

   "She followed the feminist movement"

   Same sense: adopt, espouse

10. to bring something about at a later time than

    "She followed dinner with a brandy"

11. imitate in behavior; take as a model

    "Teenagers follow their friends in everything"

    Same sense: take after

12. follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

    "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"

    Same sense: trace

13. follow with the eyes or the mind

    "She followed the men with the binoculars"

    Same sense: watch, watch over, keep an eye on, observe

14. be the successor (of)

    "Carter followed Ford"

    Same sense: come after, succeed

15. perform an accompaniment to

    "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"

    Same sense: play along, accompany

16. keep informed

    Same sense: keep up, keep abreast

17. to be the product or result

    Same sense: come

18. accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of

    "Let's follow our great helmsman!"

19. adhere to or practice

    "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion"

20. work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

    Same sense: be

21. keep under surveillance

    "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"

    Same sense: survey, surveil

22. follow in or as if in pursuit

    "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"

    Same sense: pursue

23. grasp the meaning

    "Can you follow her argument?"

24. keep to

    Same sense: stick to, stick with

25. to subscribe to someone's updates on social media

26. to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media

Synonyms and antonyms

• postdate
• fall out
• travel along
• comply
• abide by
• come after
• conform to
• adopt
• espouse
• take after
• trace
• watch definition
• watch over
• keep an eye on
• observe
• succeed
• play along
• accompany
• keep up
• keep abreast
• come definition
• be
• survey
• surveil

Opposites: precede, unfollow.

How to say follow

Follow has 2 syllables and rhymes with hollow. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with follow

• hollow
• swallow
• apollo
• wallow
• calo

FOLLOW in word games

Scrabble

12

Words With Friends

14

Anagrams

0

Is FOLLOW a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check FOLLOW in the word checker, or unscramble FOLLOW to see the shorter words in its letters.