follower

Other forms of follower

plural

followers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about follower

What does follower mean?

follower means "a person who accepts the leadership of another". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in follower?

follower has 3 syllables: fol-lo-wer. The stress falls on "fol". In IPA it is /ˈfɑloʊɚ/.

What is the opposite of follower?

The recorded antonyms are leader.

Is follower a common word?

follower is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.