Hypernyms for "follower"
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adherent
adulator
buff
camp follower
Cartesian
chaser
cultist
devotee
disciple
fan
feudatory
flatterer
flunkey
flunky
Freudian
hanger-on
Hegelian
inferior
Jacksonian
janissary
Jeffersonian
Jungian
Keynesian
Lamarckian
leech
liege
liege subject
liegeman
lover
Machiavellian
Mendelian
Mohammedan
Muhammadan
Muhammedan
myrmidon
Nestorian
Newtonian
parasite
planet
pursuer
regular
respecter
satellite
shadow
shadower
sheep
Skinnerian
sponge
sponger
Stalinist
stooge
submitter
tagalong
tail
vassal
Wagnerian
yes-man
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.