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Following
| Following Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Following?
[n] the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
[n] a group of followers or enthusiasts
[adj] immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"
[adj] going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Following: chase |
followers |
next |
pursuing |
pursuit |
shadowing |
stalking |
succeeding(a) |
tailing
Related Terms | Find terms related to Following: adherent |
after |
afterlife |
alike |
aped |
appendage |
appendant |
attendance |
attendant |
audience |
behind |
below |
body of retainers |
buff |
bugging |
cadet |
cavaliere servente |
chase |
clientage |
clientele |
cloak-and-dagger work |
cohort |
coming |
coming after |
consecution |
consecutive |
consecutiveness |
consequent |
consequential |
consimilar |
continuation |
continuity |
copied |
copying |
cortege |
counterespionage |
counterfeit |
counterfeiting |
counterintelligence |
court |
courtier |
cynegetic |
dangler |
deducible |
dependent |
derivable |
derivational |
derivative |
descent |
disciple |
dogging |
electronic surveillance |
emulation |
ensuing |
entourage |
ersatz |
espial |
espionage |
extension |
fake |
fakery |
fan |
favoring |
final |
fishing |
flunky |
follow |
follower |
follow-up |
forgery |
future time |
halieutic |
hanger-on |
hangover |
henchman |
hit-off |
homme de cour |
homogeneous |
hue and cry |
hunting |
identical |
imitated |
imitation |
impersonation |
imposture |
impression |
in full cry |
in hot pursuit |
in pursuit |
infenible |
intelligence |
intelligence work |
junior |
lateness |
later |
like |
line |
lineage |
lineal |
logical sequence |
military intelligence |
mimesis |
mimicked |
mirroring |
mock |
nearly reproduced |
next |
next life |
not unlike |
observation |
onomatopoeia |
order |
order of succession |
parasite |
parody |
partisan |
phony |
piscatorial |
piscatory |
plagiarism |
plagiary |
postdate |
postdating |
posterior |
posteriority |
postposition |
postpositional |
postpositive |
procession |
progression |
prolongation |
prosecution |
provenience |
proximate |
public |
puisne |
pursuance |
pursuant |
pursuer |
pursuing |
pursuit |
pursuivant |
quest |
questing |
remainder |
repetition |
resembling |
resultant |
resulting |
retinue |
rotation |
rout |
satellite |
searching |
secret police |
secret service |
sectary |
seeking |
sequacious |
sequence |
sequent |
sequential |
series |
shadow |
shadowing |
similar |
simulated |
simulation |
since |
smacking of |
something like |
spying |
stakeout |
stalking |
stooge |
subjunction |
subsequence |
subsequent |
subsequent to |
succeeding |
succession |
successive |
successiveness |
successor |
suffixation |
suffixed |
suggestive of |
suite |
supervenience |
supervention |
supporter |
surveillance |
synthetic |
tagtail |
tail |
tailing |
takeoff |
tracking |
tracking down |
trailing |
train |
trainbearer |
uniform with |
votary |
ward heeler |
wiretap |
wiretapping |
younger
See Also | afficionado |
buff |
claque |
devotee |
faithful |
fan |
fandom |
hoi polloi |
lover |
mass |
masses |
motion |
move |
movement |
multitude |
people |
shadowing |
stalk |
stalking |
tailing |
tracking |
trailing
Following In Webster's Dictionary
\Fol"low*ing\, n.
1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.
--Macaulay.
2. Vocation; business; profession.
\Fol"low*ing\, a.
1. Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held
on the following day.
2. (Astron.) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction
from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of
the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following
or south following. In the direction toward which stars
appear to move is called preceding.
Note: The four principal directions in the field of a
telescope are north, south, following, preceding.
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