FOLLOWING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
   Synonym(s)
   • chase (what does chase mean?)
   • pursuit (what does pursuit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit
   Hypernyms(s) following is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • trailing (what does trailing mean?)
   • tracking (what does tracking mean?)
   • shadowing (what does shadowing mean?)
   • tailing (what does tailing mean?)
   • stalk (what does stalk mean?)
   • stalking (what does stalking mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pursue (what does pursue mean?)
   • follow (what does follow mean?)
   • follow (what does follow mean?)
   • chase (what does chase mean?)
   • chase after (what does chase after mean?)
   • chase (what does chase mean?)
   • chase after (what does chase after mean?)
   • trail (what does trail mean?)
   • tail (what does tail mean?)
   • tag (what does tag mean?)
   • give chase (what does give chase mean?)
   • dog (what does dog mean?)
   • go after (what does go after mean?)
   • track (what does track mean?)
   • pursue (what does pursue mean?)
   • follow (what does follow mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a group of followers or enthusiasts
   Synonym(s)
   • followers (what does followers mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) following is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • multitude (what does multitude mean?)
   • masses (what does masses mean?)
   • mass (what does mass mean?)
   • hoi polloi (what does hoi polloi mean?)
   • people (what does people mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • claque (what does claque mean?)
   • faithful (what does faithful mean?)
   • fandom (what does fandom mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • follow (what does follow mean?)
   • adopt (what does adopt mean?)
   • follow (what does follow mean?)
   • espouse (what does espouse mean?)

FOLLOWING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • immediately following in time or order
   Synonym(s)
   • next (what does next mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the following day
   • next in line
   • the next president
   • the next item on the list
   Similar To
   • succeeding(a) (what does succeeding(a) mean?)
2. Meaning
   • going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction
   Usage Example(s)
   • the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade
   • tried to outrun the following footsteps
   Antonym(s)
   • leading (what does leading mean?)
   Similar To
   • pursuing (what does pursuing mean?)
   • shadowing (what does shadowing mean?)
   • tailing (what does tailing mean?)
   • stalking (what does stalking mean?)