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| Main Entry: | following |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening, being next or after |
| Synonyms: | afterward, attendant, back, coming, consecutive, consequent, consequential, ensuing, henceforth, hinder, later, latter, next, posterior, presently, proximate, pursuing, rear, sequential, serial, specified, subsequent, successive, then, trailing, when, a while later, after a while, by and by, coming after, coming next, directly after, in pursuit, in search of, in the wake of, later on, next off, on the scent, resulting, sequent, seriate, succeeding, supervenient |
| Antonyms: | first, leading, preceding |
| Main Entry: | following |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | persons of an interest or belief |
| Synonyms: | audience, circle, clientele, cortege, coterie, entourage, group, patronage, public, retinue, rout, suite, support, train, adherents, clientage, dependents, fans, groupies, hangers-on, patrons, supporters |
| Antonyms: | disbelievers |
| Main Entry: | follow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of |
| Synonyms: | chase, come from, displace, ensue, pursue, replace, result, succeed, supersede, supplant, be subsequent to, come after, come next, go after, go next, postdate, proceed from, spring from, supervene |
| Notes: | follow means to travel behind, go after, or come after; succeed means to come next in time or succession, follow after another or to attain success, reach a goal |
| Antonyms: | neglect, pass over, shun, slight |
| Main Entry: | follow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trail, pursue physically |
| Synonyms: | accompany, attend, chase, convoy, dog*, escort, freeze, hound*, hunt, onto*, persecute, run down, search, seek, shadow, spook*, stalk, string along, tag, tail, track, bring up the rear, catenate, come with, concatenate, dog the footsteps of, draggle, give chase, go after, go with, put a tail on, run after, schlepp along, shag, stick to, tag after, tag along, tailgate, take out after |
| Antonyms: | lead, precede, go before |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | follow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in accordance with |
| Synonyms: | abide by, accord, adopt, attend, comply, conform, copy, cultivate, emulate, follow suit, harmonize, heed, imitate, keep, match, mimic, mind, mirror, note, obey, observe, reflect, regard, serve, string along*, support, take after, watch, adhere to, be consistent with, be devoted to, be guided by, be in keeping, be interested in, do like, give allegiance to, hold fast, keep abreast of, keep an eye on, live up to, model on, pattern oneself upon, take as an example |
| Antonyms: | avoid, disregard, scorn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | follow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | accept, appreciate, apprehend, catch*, comprehend, dig*, fathom, get*, grasp, realize, see, take in*, catch on*, get the picture |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not get |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clientele |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | customers of business |
| Synonyms: | audience, business, constituency, cortege, following, market, patronage, public, trade, clientage, clientry, clients, dependents, patrons, regulars |
| Antonyms: | management, ownership |
| Main Entry: | congregation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assembled group, especially concerned with church-going |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assemblage, assembly, audience, collection, company, crowd, flock, following, gathering, get-together, group, host, laity, meet, meeting, multitude, muster, parish, public, sit-in, throng, turnout, churchgoers, confab, disciples, parishioners |
| Main Entry: | consecutive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in sequence |
| Synonyms: | after, chronological, connected, constant, continuing, continuous, ensuing, following, in turn, increasing, later, logical, progressive, running, sequential, serial, successive, understandable, uninterrupted, going on, in order, numerical, one after another, sequent, serialized, seriate, seriatim, succedent, succeeding, successional |
| Antonyms: | broken, discontinuous, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, unconsecutive |
| Main Entry: | consequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resultant |
| Synonyms: | consistent, ensuing, following, indirect, intelligent, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, sequential, sound, subsequent, successive, understandable, inferable, resulting |
| Antonyms: | beginning, originating, preparatory, starting, causal, commencing |
| Main Entry: | deducible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | understandable |
| Synonyms: | a priori, consequent, derivable, dogmatic, following, inferential, provable, traceable, deductive, inferable, reasoned |
| Main Entry: | ensuing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resultant |
| Synonyms: | after, coming, consequent, consequential, following, later, next, posterior, subsequent, coming up, next off, postliminary, subsequential |
| Antonyms: | antecedent, preceding |
| Main Entry: | entourage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | followers |
| Synonyms: | company, cortege, court, escort, following, retinue, staff, suite, train, associates, attendants, companions, courtiers, groupies, hangers-on, retainers, sycophants, toadies |
| Antonyms: | leader |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
| Synonyms: | exploration, following, game, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sporting, study, trailing, coursing, field sport, frisking, hounding, look-see, pursuance, sifting, snooping, steeplechase, tracing |
| Main Entry: | imitative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simulated, unoriginal |
| Synonyms: | artful, copied, copycat, counterfeit, deceptive, derivative, following, forged, mimic, mock, parrot*, pseudo*, reflective, secondhand, sham*, copying, echoic, emulative, emulous, mimetic, mimicking, onomatopoeic, plagiarized, put-on, reflecting, simulant |
| Antonyms: | different, genuine, original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
| Synonyms: | approaching, close, coming, expectant, following, forthcoming, gathering, immediate, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, possible, probable, threatening, unavoidable, about to happen, brewing, fast-approaching, handwriting-on-the-wall, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, inevasible, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, see it coming, to come, unescapable |
| Antonyms: | distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | later |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming after |
| Synonyms: | ensuing, following, next, posterior, proximate, subsequent, ulterior, downstream, more recent, postliminary, subsequential, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | before, earlier |
| Main Entry: | latter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | latest, concluding |
| Synonyms: | eventual, final, following, hindmost, lag, last, later, modern, recent, second, terminal, closing, last-mentioned, rearmost |
| Antonyms: | earliest, former, preceding |
| Main Entry: | next |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming immediately after in space, time, order |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, adjoining, after, alongside, beside, close, coming, consequent, ensuing, following, later, meeting, neighboring, proximate, subsequent, touching, abutting, attached, back-to-back, closest, coterminous, hard by, nearest, on the side, side-by-side, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | earlier, preceding, previous |
| Main Entry: | next |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | immediately after in time, space, order |
| Synonyms: | after, afterward, behind, closely, following, later, subsequently, thereafter, afterwhile, by and by, coming up, latterly, next off |
| Antonyms: | earlier, preceding, previous |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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