Definition for Follow:

• To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

Synonyms for Follow:

• n.

  •
  • replace,
  • supplant,
  • go behind,
  • keep to,
  • adhere to.
  •
  • accord,
  • attend to,
  • conform,
  • emulate,
  • harmonize,
  • match,
  • mimic,
  • mirror,
  • reflect,
  • string along.
  •
  • afterthought,
  • alternate,
  • serve,
  • support.
  •
  • establish,
  • regard.
  •
  • comprehend,
  • grasp,
  • understand.
  •
  • bird dog,
  • know,
  • shadow,
  • work out,
  • get the idea.
  •
  • accept,
  • begin,
  • carry out,
  • mind,
  • set about,
  • start.
  •
  • model,
  • pattern,
  • unfold,
  • come to pass.
  •
  • believe,
  • practice,
  • profess,
  • supervene.
  •
  • carry on,
  • flow.
  •
  • apprehend,
  • compass,
  • conceive,
  • dig,
  • fathom,
  • ken,
  • read,
  • savvy,
  • sense,
  • twig.
  •
  • continue,
  • pay attention.
  •
  • lead,
  • manage,
  • room.
  •
  • spy on.
  •follow (noun)
  • abide by,
  • accompany,
  • adopt,
  • be,
  • come,
  • come after,
  • comply,
  • conform to,
  • espouse,
  • keep abreast,
  • keep an eye on,
  • keep up,
  • observe,
  • postdate,
  • pursue,
  • stick to,
  • stick with,
  • succeed,
  • survey,
  • take after,
  • trace,
  • travel along,
  • watch,
  • watch over.
  •follow through (noun)
  • conclude,
  • continue,
  • pursue,
  • see through.
  •follow up (noun)
  • check out,
  • consolidate,
  • continue,
  • investigate,
  • look into,
  • pursue,
  • reinforce.

• v.

  •act in accordance with (verb)
  • abide by,
  • accord,
  • adopt,
  • comply,
  • conform,
  • copy,
  • cultivate,
  • emulate,
  • follow suit,
  • harmonize,
  • heed,
  • hold fast,
  • imitate,
  • keep,
  • keep an eye on,
  • live up to,
  • match,
  • mimic,
  • mind,
  • mirror,
  • note,
  • obey,
  • observe,
  • reflect,
  • regard,
  • serve,
  • support,
  • take after,
  • watch,
  • adhere to,
  • model on,
  • be guided by,
  • be devoted to,
  • be consistent with,
  • be in keeping,
  • be interested in,
  • do like,
  • give allegiance to,
  • keep abreast of,
  • pattern oneself upon,
  • take as an example.
  •comply (verb)
  • conform.
  •conform (verb)
  • comply with.
  •ensue (verb)
  • approach,
  • destine,
  • develop,
  • ensue,
  • eventuate,
  • impend,
  • result.
  •follow (verb)
  • descend,
  • lag.
  •imitate (verb)
  • emulate.
  •occur (verb)
  • arise,
  • befall,
  • happen,
  • occur,
  • transpire.
  •pursue (verb)
  • aim,
  • aspire,
  • chase,
  • dog,
  • endeavor,
  • harry,
  • hunt,
  • intend,
  • pursue,
  • quest,
  • search,
  • seek,
  • sleuth,
  • stalk,
  • strive,
  • tail,
  • track,
  • trail,
  • undertake.
  •sequence (verb)
  • align,
  • arrange,
  • array,
  • chain,
  • concatenate,
  • link,
  • order,
  • progress,
  • queue,
  • rank,
  • sequence,
  • sort,
  • string,
  • succeed,
  • thread.
  •take the place of (verb)
  • chase,
  • come after,
  • displace,
  • ensue,
  • go after,
  • postdate,
  • pursue,
  • replace,
  • result,
  • succeed,
  • supersede,
  • supervene,
  • supplant,
  • come from,
  • proceed from,
  • spring from,
  • be subsequent to,
  • come next,
  • go next.
  •trail, pursue physically (verb)
  • accompany,
  • attend,
  • catenate,
  • concatenate,
  • convoy,
  • dog,
  • escort,
  • freeze,
  • go with,
  • hound,
  • hunt,
  • persecute,
  • search,
  • seek,
  • shadow,
  • spook,
  • stalk,
  • stick to,
  • string along,
  • tag,
  • tag along,
  • tail,
  • tailgate,
  • track,
  • Draggle,
  • Onto,
  • give chase,
  • come with,
  • take out after,
  • shag,
  • bring up the rear,
  • dog the footsteps of,
  • put a tail on,
  • schlepp along,
  • tag after.
  •understand (verb)
  • accept,
  • appreciate,
  • apprehend,
  • catch,
  • catch on,
  • comprehend,
  • dig,
  • fathom,
  • get,
  • get the picture,
  • grasp,
  • realize,
  • see.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hearken,
  • heed,
  • knuckle under,
  • listen,
  • manage,
  • mind,
  • resemble,
  • string along,
  • submit,
  • understand,
  • keep to,
  • adhere to,
  • come of,
  • model on.
  •
  • afterthought,
  • alternate,
  • bird dog,
  • dictate,
  • fathom,
  • grasp,
  • join,
  • listener,
  • read,
  • reflect,
  • replace,
  • reproduce,
  • teach,
  • twig.
  •
  • believe,
  • comprehend,
  • ken,
  • profess,
  • serve,
  • come from.
  •
  • apprehend,
  • hear.
  •
  • conceive,
  • list,
  • mimic,
  • practice,
  • shadow.
  •
  • copy.
  •
  • abide,
  • room.
  •
  • accept,
  • dig.
  •accompany
  • keep company,
  • look after,
  • stick to,
  • tag along,
  • tailgate,
  • come with,
  • coincide with.
  •be
  • be.
  •chase
  • take out after.
  •conform
  • fall in with,
  • be guided by,
  • follow the crowd.
  •court
  • go with,
  • spark,
  • pay court to.
  •ensue
  • come after,
  • be subsequent to,
  • come next.
  •ferret out
  • hunt down,
  • nose out,
  • smell out,
  • sniff out.
  •give back
  • reflect.
  •happen
  • become of.
  •heed
  • pay attention,
  • watch out,
  • watch over.
  •imitate
  • copy,
  • look like,
  • be like,
  • model after.
  •line
  • line,
  • queue.
  •look at
  • watch.
  •obey
  • act upon,
  • give way,
  • hold fast,
  • obey,
  • bow to,
  • play second fiddle.
  •observe
  • comply with.
  •research
  • look for.
  •resemble
  • come near,
  • correspond to,
  • smack of,
  • bring to mind,
  • sound like,
  • appear like,
  • remind one of,
  • seem like,
  • sounds like.
  •respect
  • defer to.
  •serve
  • subserve.
  •succeed
  • postdate,
  • go next.
  •take
  • look upon,
  • take.
  •take after
  • follow in the footsteps of.
  •trail
  • make after.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abide,
  • abide by,
  • absorb,
  • accede,
  • accede to,
  • accept,
  • accommodate,
  • accompany,
  • accord,
  • accurately,
  • acknowledge,
  • acquiesce,
  • acquire,
  • act on,
  • act upon,
  • adapt,
  • add up,
  • address,
  • adhere,
  • adjust,
  • admire,
  • adopt,
  • afterthought,
  • afterwards,
  • agree,
  • agreeable,
  • agreement,
  • along,
  • alternate,
  • amount,
  • ancestry,
  • ape,
  • apply,
  • appraise,
  • appreciate,
  • apprehend,
  • approximate,
  • around,
  • arrive,
  • ascending,
  • ascertain,
  • ask for,
  • assimilate,
  • assume,
  • attach to,
  • attend,
  • attend to,
  • audit,
  • augment,
  • back,
  • back up,
  • balance,
  • be,
  • be after,
  • bear,
  • bear in mind,
  • beat about,
  • beau,
  • begin,
  • believe,
  • believe in,
  • bend,
  • bind,
  • bird dog,
  • bolster,
  • bond,
  • borrow,
  • broadly,
  • but,
  • buttress,
  • by,
  • call up,
  • canon,
  • carry on,
  • carry out,
  • case,
  • catch,
  • catch on,
  • catenate,
  • celebrate,
  • chaperon,
  • chaperone,
  • chased,
  • check,
  • check out,
  • check up on,
  • chevy,
  • chivvy,
  • chivy,
  • cinch,
  • clinch,
  • collaborate,
  • collect,
  • collimate,
  • come,
  • come about,
  • come after,
  • come close,
  • come forth,
  • come in,
  • come near,
  • come out,
  • come short,
  • come through,
  • come up,
  • comfortable,
  • commonly,
  • companion,
  • company,
  • compare,
  • compass,
  • compliance,
  • comply,
  • compose,
  • comprehend,
  • comprise,
  • conceive,
  • conclude,
  • concur,
  • conduct,
  • confine,
  • conform,
  • conform to,
  • conformity,
  • conjoin,
  • connect,
  • consent,
  • consequence,
  • consider,
  • consolidate,
  • constitute,
  • consummate,
  • content,
  • contented,
  • continue,
  • continuous,
  • convoy,
  • copy,
  • correct,
  • correctly,
  • correspond,
  • correspondence,
  • cost,
  • counterfeit,
  • course,
  • court,
  • cultivate,
  • cute,
  • dangle,
  • dawdle,
  • decipher,
  • decree,
  • definitely,
  • delectable,
  • delighted,
  • delightful,
  • delineate,
  • demonstrate,
  • deputy,
  • derivation,
  • derive,
  • describe,
  • detect,
  • determine,
  • dictate,
  • dig,
  • digest,
  • directly,
  • discern,
  • discharge,
  • discipline,
  • discover,
  • discuss,
  • displace,
  • docile,
  • dogging,
  • dramatise,
  • dramatize,
  • draw,
  • drop behind,
  • duplicate,
  • echo,
  • effect,
  • effectiveness,
  • efficiency,
  • eligible,
  • embark on,
  • embody,
  • embrace,
  • emerge,
  • employ,
  • emulate,
  • end,
  • endure,
  • engage,
  • engaging,
  • enrol,
  • ensure,
  • enter,
  • entertaining,
  • entourage,
  • equable,
  • equal,
  • equate,
  • escort,
  • espouse,
  • esquire,
  • establish,
  • even off,
  • even up,
  • evoke,
  • evolve,
  • exactly,
  • examine,
  • exercise,
  • exist,
  • experiment,
  • extend,
  • eye,
  • eyeball,
  • fail,
  • fall,
  • fall back,
  • fall behind,
  • fall out,
  • fall short,
  • fare,
  • fathom,
  • favor,
  • favorable,
  • favour,
  • favourable,
  • feature,
  • felicitous,
  • ferret out,
  • figure,
  • figure out,
  • fill,
  • find,
  • find out,
  • fit,
  • fix,
  • flow,
  • follow suit,
  • following,
  • footwear,
  • forward,
  • freeze,
  • frequently,
  • friendly,
  • fulfill,
  • gather,
  • gaze,
  • generally,
  • genial,
  • get,
  • get along,
  • get hitched with,
  • get hold of,
  • get married,
  • get the picture,
  • give in,
  • give way,
  • glad,
  • go,
  • go after,
  • go along,
  • go back,
  • go into,
  • go on,
  • go over,
  • go with,
  • gradually,
  • grasp,
  • grateful,
  • hail,
  • hang back,
  • hap,
  • harmonise,
  • harmonize,
  • haste,
  • haunt,
  • have,
  • hear,
  • hearken,
  • heed,
  • heel,
  • heir,
  • hold fast,
  • hold water,
  • honor,
  • hook up with,
  • hound,
  • hue and cry,
  • hunt down,
  • hunting,
  • imitate,
  • import,
  • importance,
  • incline,
  • independently,
  • individually,
  • inherit,
  • inquire,
  • intention,
  • investigate,
  • issue,
  • issue forth,
  • iterate,
  • join,
  • keep,
  • keep abreast,
  • keep an eye on,
  • keep company,
  • keep up,
  • ken,
  • know,
  • knuckle under,
  • lagging,
  • law,
  • learn,
  • limit,
  • line,
  • linger,
  • link up,
  • list,
  • listen,
  • listener,
  • live,
  • live up to,
  • locate,
  • lock,
  • loiter,
  • look,
  • look after,
  • look at,
  • look for,
  • look into,
  • look like,
  • look on,
  • look out,
  • look up,
  • look upon,
  • maintain,
  • make,
  • make good,
  • make out,
  • manage,
  • mark,
  • master,
  • match,
  • meet,
  • mention,
  • mimic,
  • mind,
  • mirror,
  • model,
  • mold,
  • monitor,
  • mould,
  • moulder,
  • mouldy,
  • nail down,
  • namely,
  • narrow,
  • near,
  • normally,
  • nose,
  • nose out,
  • note,
  • notice,
  • obey,
  • observe,
  • offset,
  • ordinarily,
  • origin,
  • outcome,
  • oversee,
  • pan,
  • pan out,
  • parallel,
  • parallelize,
  • pass,
  • pattern,
  • pay attention,
  • peculiarly,
  • perceive,
  • perfectly,
  • perform,
  • persecute,
  • persevere,
  • persist,
  • persist in,
  • personally,
  • personify,
  • play along,
  • ply,
  • postdate,
  • practice,
  • practise,
  • precisely,
  • preoccupy,
  • preserve,
  • press on,
  • prize,
  • proceed,
  • product,
  • profess,
  • prolong,
  • prosecute,
  • prosecution,
  • prove,
  • punctually,
  • pursuance,
  • pursuit,
  • quest after,
  • quest for,
  • read,
  • realign,
  • realise,
  • realize,
  • reconcile,
  • reconnoiter,
  • reconnoitre,
  • record,
  • rectify,
  • reflect,
  • regard,
  • regress,
  • reinforce,
  • reiterate,
  • remark,
  • repeat,
  • replace,
  • represent,
  • reproduce,
  • resemble,
  • respect,
  • restrict,
  • retrace,
  • retrogress,
  • revert,
  • rightly,
  • rival,
  • roll,
  • room,
  • rotate,
  • rule,
  • run,
  • satisfy,
  • savvy,
  • scan,
  • scout,
  • searching,
  • secondary,
  • see,
  • seek out,
  • seem,
  • seize,
  • sense,
  • separately,
  • serenade,
  • serve,
  • set about,
  • settle,
  • severally,
  • shadow,
  • shadowing,
  • shape,
  • show,
  • simulate,
  • smell,
  • smell out,
  • sniff out,
  • solder,
  • spark,
  • specialize,
  • spook,
  • spy,
  • squire,
  • stack up,
  • stalking,
  • start,
  • stick by,
  • stick to,
  • stick with,
  • straggle,
  • straighten,
  • strictly,
  • string along,
  • study,
  • submit,
  • subserve,
  • succumb,
  • sue,
  • suggest,
  • suit,
  • superintend,
  • supersede,
  • supervene,
  • supervise,
  • supplant,
  • support,
  • surrender,
  • survey,
  • sustain,
  • swain,
  • sweep up,
  • sweetheart,
  • tackle,
  • tag,
  • tag along,
  • tailgate,
  • take,
  • take after,
  • take note,
  • take on,
  • take over,
  • take to,
  • tall,
  • tally,
  • teach,
  • terminate,
  • toady,
  • toe the line,
  • trace,
  • track down,
  • tracking,
  • trailing,
  • train,
  • travel along,
  • truckle,
  • twig,
  • under,
  • understand,
  • unfold,
  • unite,
  • use,
  • usher,
  • usually,
  • velocity,
  • vet,
  • view,
  • wage,
  • want,
  • watch,
  • watch out,
  • watch over,
  • wed,
  • win,
  • woo,
  • work at,
  • work out,
  • yield,
  • Against,
  • And,
  • Because,
  • Draggle,
  • During,
  • Equidistance,
  • From,
  • Guards,
  • Into,
  • Of,
  • Onto,
  • Toward,
  • Unto,
  • Upon,
  • followup,
  • still hunt,
  • make up,
  • see through,
  • go ahead,
  • give chase,
  • surveil,
  • deliver the goods,
  • come with,
  • pay attention to,
  • come to pass,
  • DO,
  • according to,
  • agree to,
  • agree with,
  • angle for,
  • comply with,
  • correspond to,
  • engage in,
  • fish for,
  • go along with,
  • go behind,
  • go in for,
  • hang about,
  • hunt up,
  • keep to,
  • make after,
  • result from,
  • see to,
  • smack of,
  • stay with,
  • take out after,
  • because of,
  • adhere to,
  • become of,
  • bow to,
  • cleave to,
  • come from,
  • come of,
  • defer to,
  • fall in with,
  • fix on,
  • gun for,
  • hold to,
  • model on,
  • partake of,
  • proceed from,
  • root for,
  • savor of,
  • spring from,
  • spy on,
  • consent to,
  • shag,
  • submit to,
  • be agreeable to,
  • be consistent,
  • go out for,
  • be guided by,
  • follow the crowd,
  • keep up with,
  • bring home to,
  • fix upon,
  • follow the example of,
  • keep pace with,
  • tally with,
  • act up to,
  • have a case,
  • bring to mind,
  • compare with,
  • sound like,
  • specialize in,
  • run to earth,
  • suggest itself,
  • keep faith,
  • call to mind,
  • connect with,
  • appear like,
  • be like,
  • remind one of,
  • lay siege to,
  • develop into,
  • hunt for,
  • equate with,
  • be devoted to,
  • do justice to,
  • in accordance with,
  • get the idea,
  • set at rest,
  • be inferior,
  • apply oneself to,
  • assimilate to,
  • be consistent with,
  • be found wanting,
  • be in keeping,
  • be interested in,
  • be into,
  • be received,
  • be subsequent to,
  • be vigilant,
  • be watchful,
  • bedog,
  • bring up the rear,
  • coincide with,
  • come next,
  • come on,
  • correspond with,
  • delve for,
  • dig for,
  • do like,
  • dog the footsteps of,
  • follow one's nose,
  • follow-up,
  • get a handle on,
  • get the drift,
  • get through one's head,
  • give allegiance to,
  • go backwards,
  • go next,
  • have a looksee,
  • hold good,
  • keep abreast of,
  • keep in sight,
  • keep in view,
  • keep track of,
  • keep under surveillance,
  • lag behind,
  • lock on,
  • major in,
  • make conform,
  • minor in,
  • model after,
  • move behind,
  • not make it,
  • pattern after,
  • pattern oneself upon,
  • pay court to,
  • play second fiddle,
  • proceed with,
  • prowl after,
  • put a tail on,
  • schlepp along,
  • search for,
  • see after,
  • see daylight,
  • seem like,
  • sounds like,
  • stack up with,
  • tag after,
  • take advice,
  • take as an example,
  • take off after,
  • take-in,
  • trail behind,
  • try to find,
  • wait upon,
  • per,
  • follow in the footsteps of,
  • adjust to,
  • be redolent of,
  • com,
  • practises,
  • listen to.

Antonyms for Follow:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abandon, antecede, antedate, avoid, blink, breach, break, brush, brush aside, buck, challenge, clash, combat, come before, contest, dare, defy, deny, deride, desert, differ, direct, disagree, discount, dislike, dismiss, disobey, disoblige, dispute, disregard, elude, escape, escape from, fight, flout, forego, forgo, forsake, give up, gloss, gloss over, guide, ignore, infringe, lead, leave alone, let go, lose, misunderstand, mock, mutiny, neglect, oppose, overlook, overpass, pass over, pilot, pooh-pooh, precede, predate, rebel, refuse, reject, release, renounce, repudiate, resist, revolt, run away, scoff, scorn, shrug off, shun, slight, snub, steer, transgress, wink, wink at, withstand, Gloze, brush off, lead to, go before, tune out, scoff at, rebel against, not get, be original, gloze over, mutiny against, revolt against.

• v.

  • act in accordance with
    clash, deny, differ, disagree, disobey, fight, oppose, overlook, refuse, reject, release, be original.
  • motion
    precede.
  • take the place of
    avoid, disregard, lead, misunderstand, neglect, pass over, precede, scorn, shun, slight, go before, not get.
  • trail, pursue physically
    ignore, leave alone, let go, run away.
  • understand
    lose.
  • Other antonyms:
    antecede, antedate, blink, breach, break, brush, buck, challenge, combat, come before, contest, dare, defy, deride, direct, discount, dismiss, disobey, disoblige, dispute, disregard, fight, flout, forego, gloss, guide, head, ignore, infringe, lead, mock, mutiny, neglect, oppose, overlook, overpass, pass over, pilot, pooh-pooh, precede, predate, rebel, refuse, renounce, repudiate, resist, revolt, scoff, scorn, shrug off, slight, snub, transgress, violate, wink, withstand, Gloze, brush off.