Synonyms of the word following


FOLLOWINGCHASE - FAVORABLE - FAVOURABLE - FOLLOWERS - MASS - MASSES - MOTION - MOVE - MOVEMENT - MULTITUDE - NEXT - PEOPLE - PURSUAL - PURSUING - PURSUIT - SHADOWING - SUCCEEDING - TAILING - UNDERMENTIONED

following

  • adj. Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
  • adj. About to be specified.
  • adj. (of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
  • prep. After, subsequent to.
  • n. A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
  • n. Vocation; business; profession.
  • n. (with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.

chase

  • n. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
  • n. A hunt.
  • n. (uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
  • n. (Britain) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
  • n. Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
  • n. (nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
  • n. (real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the…
  • n. (real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a…
  • n. (cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
  • v. (transitive) To pursue, to follow at speed.
  • v. (transitive) To hunt.
  • v. (intransitive) To give chase; to hunt.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
  • v. (transitive) To dilute alcohol.
  • v. (transitive, cricket) To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch.
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.
  • n. (printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing…
  • n. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
  • n. (architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing)…
  • n. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
  • n. The cavity of a mold.
  • n. (shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually…
  • v. (transitive) To groove; indent.
  • v. (transitive) To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space…
  • v. (transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw).
  • v. (transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

favorable

  • adj. pleasing, encouraging or approving.
  • adj. useful or helpful.
  • adj. convenient or at a suitable time; opportune.
  • adj. auspicious or lucky.

favourable

  • adj. pleasing, encouraging or approving.
  • adj. useful or helpful.
  • adj. convenient or at a suitable time; opportune.
  • adj. auspicious or lucky.

followers

  • n. plural of follower.

mass

  • n. (physical) Matter, material.
  • n. A large quantity; a sum.
  • n. (quantity) Large in number.
  • v. (transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses;…
  • v. (intransitive) To have a certain mass.
  • adj. Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
  • adj. Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
  • n. (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
  • n. (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
  • n. (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • n. A musical setting of parts of the mass.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.

masses

  • n. plural of mass.
  • n. (plural only, generically) People, especially a large number of people.
  • n. (plural only) The total population.
  • n. (plural only) The lower classes or all but the elite.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mass.

motion

  • n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
  • n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
  • n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
  • n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
  • n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
  • n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
  • n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
  • n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
  • n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
  • v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
  • v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
  • v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

movement

  • n. Physical motion between points in space.
  • n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
  • n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
  • n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
  • n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
  • n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
  • n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
  • n. An act of emptying the bowels.
  • n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

multitude

  • n. A great amount or number, often of people; myriad; profusion; abundance.
  • n. The mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses.

next

  • adj. Following in a sequence.
  • adj. Being closer to the present location than all other items.
  • adj. Nearest following (of date, time, space or order).
  • adj. (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
  • adv. In a time, place or sequence closest or following.
  • adv. On the first subsequent occasion.
  • prep. On the side of; next to.
  • n. The one that follows after this one.

people

  • n. Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two…
  • n. (countable) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group,…
  • n. A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
  • n. One's colleagues or employees.
  • n. A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
  • n. The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the…
  • n. plural of person.
  • v. (transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
  • v. (intransitive) To become populous or populated.
  • v. (transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

pursual

  • n. The act of pursuit.

pursuing

  • v. present participle of pursue.
  • n. pursuit.

pursuit

  • n. The act of pursuing.
  • n. A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
  • n. (cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track…
  • n. (law, obsolete) prosecution.

shadowing

  • v. present participle of shadow.
  • n. The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
  • n. The situation where an individual repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
  • n. (espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
  • n. A faint representation; an adumbration.
  • n. (computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip…
  • n. (education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day…

succeeding

  • adj. Following, next in order.
  • v. present participle of succeed.
  • n. success.

tailing

  • v. present participle of tail.
  • n. The act of following someone.
  • n. (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
  • n. (obsolete) sexual intercourse.
  • n. (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
  • n. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run…

undermentioned

  • adj. about to be specified or mentioned, especially in a document; following.

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