Follow

//ˈfɒl.əʊ//

Synonyms for "follow" (483 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (97)

comply succeed adopt ensue postdate pursue take after trace trail watch abide by absorb accept accept advice accommodate accommodate with accompany accord act up to adapt

Show 69 more words

Verb(8 words)

come after pursue succeed ensue abide by accompany adopt be

Strong matches (145)

collineate come come about come after come behind come close come last come near come of come on come out come short compare compare with comply with compose comprehend conceive conclude conduct

Show 118 more words

confine conform conform to connect connect with consolidate consummate continue convoy copy copy after correct correspond counterfeit court cultivate dangle delve for demonstrate desire guidance determine develop dig dig for digest discharge discipline displace do do justice to dog dogging echo employ emulate end engage in ensure equate equidistance escort esquire establish eventuate evoke exercise eye eyeball fail fall astern fall back fall behind fall in with fall out fall short fare fathom favor feature ferret out fill fish for fit fix flow follow a clue follow advice follow at heel follow from follow implicitly follow like sheep follow suit follow the crowd follow up following fulfill gather gaze gaze at gear to get get hold of get the drift get the hang of get the idea get the picture give chase go go after go along with go back go backwards go behind go by go gunning for go in for grasp gun for hang about harmonize have have a case have a looksee have it taped have nothing on heed heel hold by hold good hold in view hold water hollo after hound hue and cry hunt hunt down hunt for hunt up

Verb(7 words)

come comply conform to dereference espouse fall out follow on

Related words (241)

hunting imitate implore counsel inherit inquire investigate issue join keep keep faith keep faith with keep in sight keep in view keep under observation keep up keep up with ken know lag behind lay siege to

Show 204 more words

learn limit line up link up live up to lock look look after look at look for look into look like look on look up look upon major in make make after make conform make good make out make suit to master match meet mimic mind minor in mirror model model after mold monitor mould moulder mouldy move behind nail down narrow near nearly reproduce nose nose out not approach not come near not compare not hack it not make it not measure up not tell apart obey observe pan out parallel parallelize partake of pattern pattern after pay attention pay attention to pay court to perform persevere persist place parallel to play along play second fiddle practice prosecute prosecution prove prove to be prove true prowl after pursuance quest quest after raise the hunt rank under read realign realize reconcile reconnoiter rectify reflect regard regress reinforce remind one of remove all doubt replace resemble respect restrict result retrogress revert root for rotate rub off corners run after run down run to earth satisfy savor of savvy scout search search for searching see see through see to seek seek for seek out seem seem like seize seize the meaning sense serenade serve set at rest settle settle the matter shadow shadowing shape show simulate smack of smell smell out sniff out solicit advice sound like spark specialize specialize in spy spy upon squire stack up stack up with stalk stalking stick to still hunt still-hunt straighten string string along subserve sue suggest suit supersede supervene supplant support surveil swain sweetheart tackle tag tag after tag along tail tailgate take take advice take in take on take out after take to take up tall tally tally with terminate toady trace down track track down tracking trail after trail behind trailing truckle try to find turn out understand undertake unfold use view wage want woo work at work out yield

Verb(17 words)

keep abreast keep an eye on keep up observe play along postdate stick to stick with surveil survey tail take after trace trail travel along watch watch over

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

64 entries

acquit act analyse analyze apply arise be bear behave bring canvass carry check check into check out check over

Showing 16 of 64 words.

Antonyms

9 entries

behind guide lead precede trail trail behind unfollow

Synonyms

16 entries

adopt be come comply ensue keep up play along postdate pursue stick to succeed surveil take after trace trail watch

Related terms

17 entries

chase follow along follow in someone's footsteps follow on follow out follow shot follow someone off a cliff follow suit follow the leader follow the queen follow through follow up follow-the-leader followed by hard act to follow soon to follow

Showing 16 of 17 words.

dbpedia genre

2 entries

cantopop rock music

derived

33 entries

BYF DNF easy-to-follow follow a wheel follow along follow board follow my leader follow one's bliss follow one's heart follow one's nose follow someone to the ends of the earth follow someone to the ends of the world follow that follow the bee follow the crowd follow the hounds

Showing 16 of 33 words.

distinct from

2 entries

lead leading

etymologically related_to

1 entries

full

has context

1 entries

internet

is a

1 entries

album

manner of

7 entries

act be imitate practice result travel understand

related to

43 entries

action activity after after lead after me ball behaviour behind billiards carry out chase come come after command copy copy someone

Showing 16 of 43 words.

similar

19 entries

abide by adopt come come after comply espouse keep abreast keep an eye on keep up observe postdate pursue stick to stick with surveil survey

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Translations

354 translations across 97 languages.

Ahom

1 entries

𑜋𑜨𑜪 verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Albanian

1 entries

ndjek verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

ἀκολουθέω verb (to go or come after in physical space)
ἀκολουθέω verb (to carry out in accordance to)
ἀκολουθέω verb (to live one’s life according to)
ἕπομαι verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Arabic

4 entries

اِتَّبَعَ verb (to go or come after in physical space)
اِتَّبَعَ verb (to carry out in accordance to)
اِتَّبَعَ verb (to live one’s life according to)
تبجى ورا verb (to go or come after in a sequence)

Armenian

1 entries

հետևել verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Asturian

1 entries

siguir verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

izləmək verb (to keep track of)

Belarusian

1 entries

сачы́ць verb (to keep track of)

Bulgarian

4 entries

следвам verb (to go or come after in physical space)
следвам verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
следвам verb (to carry out in accordance to)
следвам verb (to be a logical consequence of)

Burmese

1 entries

လိုက် verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Catalan

4 entries

seguir verb (to go or come after in physical space)
seguir verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
seguir verb (to carry out in accordance to)
seguir verb (to live one’s life according to)

Cebuano

1 entries

sunod verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏍᏓᏩᏕᎦ verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

跟 verb (to go or come after in physical space)
跟埋 verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

关注 verb (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)
接續 /接续 verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
接連 /接连 verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
是...的必然结果 verb (to be a logical consequence of)

Czech

4 entries

dodržet verb (to carry out in accordance to)
následovat verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
plynout verb (to be a logical consequence of)
sledovat verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Danish

4 entries

efterfølge verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
følge verb (to go or come after in physical space)
følge verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
følge verb (to carry out in accordance to)

Dutch

4 entries

volgen verb (to go or come after in physical space)
volgen verb (to live one’s life according to)
volgen verb (to understand)
volgen verb (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)

Egyptian

1 entries

Sms-s-D54 verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Elfdalian

1 entries

fya verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Esperanto

1 entries

sekvi verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Estonian

4 entries

aru saama verb (to understand)
jälitama verb (to go or come after in physical space)
järgima verb (to carry out in accordance to)
järgima verb (to live one’s life according to)

Faroese

1 entries

fylgja verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Finnish

4 entries

noudattaa verb (to carry out in accordance to)
noudattaa verb (to live one’s life according to)
pysyä kärryillä verb (to understand)
pysyä mukana verb (to understand)

French

4 entries

découler verb (to be a logical consequence of)
s'abonner verb (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)
se plier à verb (to live one’s life according to)
suivre verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Galician

1 entries

seguir verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Georgian

2 entries

გაყოლა verb (to go or come after in physical space)
მიყოლა verb (to go or come after in physical space)

German

4 entries

befolgen verb (to live one’s life according to)
folge verb (to go or come after in physical space)
folgen verb (to go or come after in physical space)
folgen verb (to go or come after in a sequence)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Greek

4 entries

ακολουθώ verb (to go or come after in physical space)
ακολουθώ verb (to carry out in accordance to)
επακολουθώ verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
επακολουθώ verb (to be a logical consequence of)

Hebrew

1 entries

עקב verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Hiligaynon

2 entries

ábat verb (to go or come after in physical space)
ábat verb (to go or come after in a sequence)

Hindi

1 entries

पीछा करना verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Hungarian

4 entries

kísér verb (to go or come after in physical space)
követ verb (to go or come after in physical space)
követ verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
követ verb (to carry out in accordance to)

Icelandic

1 entries

fylgja verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Ido

1 entries

sequar verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Italian

2 entries

seguire verb (to go or come after in physical space)
seguire verb (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)

Japanese

4 entries

フォロー noun (the act of following another user's online activity)
フォローする verb (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)
従う verb (to go or come after in physical space)
相次ぐ verb (to go or come after in a sequence)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

théu verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Khmer

3 entries

ត verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
តាម verb (to go or come after in physical space)
តាម verb (to carry out in accordance to)

Khün

1 entries

ᨩᩬᨾ verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Kituba

2 entries

kulanda verb (to go or come after in physical space)
landa verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Korean

3 entries

팔로우 noun (the act of following another user's online activity)
따르다 verb (to go or come after in physical space)
팔로우하다 verb (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)

Ladino

3 entries

segyir verb (to go or come after in physical space)
סואִיב׳אר verb (to go or come after in physical space)
סיגּיִיר verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Lao

4 entries

ຊອມ verb (to go or come after in physical space)
ຕວຍ verb (to go or come after in physical space)
ຕາມ verb (to go or come after in physical space)
ທວຍ verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Latgalian

1 entries

saksteit verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Latin

2 entries

sequor verb (to go or come after in physical space)
sequor verb (to be a logical consequence of)

Latvian

4 entries

sekot verb (to go or come after in physical space)
sekot verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
sekot verb (to keep track of)
sekot verb (to be a logical consequence of)

Lingala

1 entries

landa verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Lithuanian

1 entries

sekti verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

follegen verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Lü

3 entries

ᦋᦸᧄ verb (to go or come after in physical space)
ᦎᦱᧄ verb (to go or come after in physical space)
ᦑᦽ verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Malayalam

4 entries

പിന്തുടരുക verb (to go or come after in physical space)
പിന്തുടരുക verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
പിന്തുടരുക verb (to carry out in accordance to)
പിന്തുടരുക verb (to live one’s life according to)

Mongolian

1 entries

дагах мөрдөх verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Mòcheno

1 entries

volng verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Māori

4 entries

aruaru verb (to go or come after in physical space)
aruaru verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
me te aha verb (to be a logical consequence of)
nā konei verb (to be a logical consequence of)

Nanai

1 entries

дахаори verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Norman

1 entries

siéthe verb (to go or come after in physical space)

North Frisian

1 entries

fülie verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Northern Sami

1 entries

čuovvut verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Norwegian

1 entries

følge verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Occitan

3 entries

seguir verb (to go or come after in physical space)
seguir verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
seguir verb (to carry out in accordance to)

Old English

1 entries

folgian verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Old Norse

1 entries

fylgja verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Old Saxon

2 entries

folgoian verb (to go or come after in physical space)
folgon verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Oromo

1 entries

hordofuu verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Persian

4 entries

بعد از چیزی آمدن verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
تبعیت کردن verb (to be a logical consequence of)
حواس کسی به چیزی بودن verb (to understand)
دنبال کردن verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Polish

4 entries

iść za verb (to go or come after in physical space)
nadążać verb (to understand)
następować verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
pójść za verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Portuguese

4 entries

acompanhar verb (to keep track of)
captar verb (to understand)
seguir verb (to go or come after in physical space)
seguir verb (to go or come after in a sequence)

Quechua

2 entries

gatii verb (to go or come after in physical space)
qatiy verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Romanian

4 entries

reieși verb (to be a logical consequence of)
rezulta verb (to be a logical consequence of)
urma verb (to go or come after in physical space)
urma verb (to go or come after in a sequence)

Romansch

1 entries

suandar verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Russian

4 entries

подпи́ска noun (the act of following another user's online activity)
фолло́винг noun (the act of following another user's online activity)
блюсти́ verb (to live one’s life according to)
подпи́сываться verb (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)

Scots

3 entries

follae verb (to go or come after in physical space)
follae verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
follae verb (to keep track of)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

lean verb (to go or come after in physical space)
lean verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
lean verb (to understand)
lean verb (to be a logical consequence of)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pratiti verb (to keep track of)
pratiti verb (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)
prȁtiti verb (to go or come after in physical space)
prȁtiti verb (to understand)

Shan

1 entries

ၸွမ်း verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Slovene

4 entries

slediti verb (to go or come after in physical space)
slediti verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
slediti verb (to carry out in accordance to)
slediti verb (to understand)

Somali

1 entries

raacid verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Spanish

3 entries

seguir verb (to go or come after in physical space)
seguir verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
seguir verb (to carry out in accordance to)

Swahili

1 entries

kufuata verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Swedish

4 entries

fatta verb (to understand)
följa verb (to go or come after in physical space)
följa verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
följa verb (to carry out in accordance to)

Tagalog

4 entries

subaybayan verb (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)
sumunod verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
sundan verb (to keep track of)
sundin verb (to carry out in accordance to)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪕ꪿ꪮꪥ verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Tai Nüa

1 entries

ᥓᥩᥛᥰ verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Tamil

4 entries

தொடர் verb (to go or come after in physical space)
தொடர் verb (to go or come after in a sequence)
பின்தொடர் verb (to go or come after in physical space)
பின்தொடர் verb (to carry out in accordance to)

Telugu

3 entries

అనుసరించు verb (to carry out in accordance to)
పాటించు verb (to carry out in accordance to)
వెంబడించు verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Tetum

1 entries

tuir verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Thai

4 entries

ตาม verb (to go or come after in physical space)
ติดตาม verb (to keep track of)
ติดตาม verb (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)
ทยอย verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Turkish

2 entries

izlemek verb (to go or come after in physical space)
takip etmek verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Ukrainian

4 entries

дотри́муватися verb (to carry out in accordance to)
дотри́муватися verb (to live one’s life according to)
слі́дувати verb (to go or come after in physical space)
слі́дувати verb (to go or come after in a sequence)

Urdu

1 entries

پیچھا کرنا verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Vietnamese

4 entries

kéo theo verb (to be a logical consequence of)
làm theo verb (to carry out in accordance to)
theo verb (to go or come after in physical space)
theo dõi verb (to keep track of)

Walloon

1 entries

shuve verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Welsh

3 entries

canlyn verb (to go or come after in physical space)
dilyn verb (to go or come after in physical space)
olhau verb (to go or come after in physical space)

West-Frisian

1 entries

folgje verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Yiddish

1 entries

נאָכגיין verb (to go or come after in physical space)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You may as well follow his advice.

Source: tatoeba (15810)

All you have to do is follow his advice.

Source: tatoeba (15812)

All that you have to do is to follow his advice.

Source: tatoeba (15813)

You should follow your teacher's advice.

Source: tatoeba (15947)

Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.

More for "follow"

Meaning Antonyms Sentences Word Type

Keep exploring

Compare antonyms Use in sentences Read the blog

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.