The opposite of "follow" is "lead". The opposite of "follower" is a "leader".
Example sentences.
To successfully lead, the politician had to encourage people to follow him and his beliefs.
A person cannot lead if he has no one to follow what he says to do.
The leader had millions of followers. (Note: You can also insert any noun for "leader". As examples: The pope has millions of followers. The blog poster has millions of followers. Etc.)
The followers obeyed their cult leader's wishes and drank the poison.
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An opposite of the word "to" is from.
The opposite of up is down. So, opposite of the opposite of up is up itself.
The opposite of the opposite is the original value, -9.
The opposite of arrive is to depart or to leave.The opposite of arrival is departure.
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In general, A-B-A. Exposition and first melody, followed by second melody opposite in character to the first, followed by development of both melodies, followed by recapitulation of the first theme (and sometimes the second) theme. Listen to Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and you'll hear it.
In general, A-B-A. Exposition and first melody, followed by second melody opposite in character to the first, followed by development of both melodies, followed by recapitulation of the first theme (and sometimes the second) theme. Listen to Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and you'll hear it.
A trochee is a metrical foot in poetry, consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. It is the opposite of an iamb, which has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Trochees are commonly found in nursery rhymes and have a strong, driving rhythm.
Opposite poles attract, like poles repel. (same with electric charge)
Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.
In an electrical circuit, current flow is defined as the movement of positive charges. Electrons, being negatively charged, move in the opposite direction of current flow. This convention was established by Benjamin Franklin and has been followed ever since.
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In sanskrit it is called Ahimsa, Himsa is to harm by words deeds and Ahimsa is the opposite , ie not to harm anything that can sufffer. This was the path followed by MK Gandhi.
The opposite (antonym) of opposite is same.