1. (noun)following, followers a group of followers or enthusiasts
2. (noun)pursuit, chase, pursual, following the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
3. (adj)following(a), undermentioned about to be mentioned or specified
"the following items"
4. (adj)following, next immediately following in time or order "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"
5. (adj)following going or proceeding or coming after in the samedirection "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps"
6. (adj)following(a) in the desired direction "a following wind"