2 entries found for follow.
To select an entry, click on it. Entry Word: follow
Function: verb
Text: 1 to come after in time <a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast>
Synonyms postdate, succeed, supervene
Related Words displace, replace, supersede, supplant; ensue
Antonyms antedate, precede, predate
2 to go after or on the track of <let's follow the boys to their hiding place>
Synonyms chase, dog, hound, pursue, shadow, tag, tail, trace, track, trail
Related Words accompany, chaperone (or chaperon), escort; hunt, search (for), seek; eye, observe, watch
Near Antonyms head
Antonyms guide, lead, pilot
3 to act according to the commands of <follow me, and you'll do OK> -- see OBEY
4 to make one's way through, across, or over <followed the path into the garden> -- see TRAVERSE
5 to take notice of and be guided by <don't follow his advice> -- see HEED 1