Follow and Use

Follow

Follow verb - Adhere to or practice.

Usage example: These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion

Show all Definitions

Use and follow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Use" instead a verb "Follow".

Nearby Words: following, follower, followed

Use verb - To put into action or service.

Show all Definitions

Follow and use are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Follow" instead a verb "Use".

Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

character	follow character	use character
style	follow style	use style
word	follow word	use word
form	follow form	use form
Other words: system, time, way, characters, command, money, code.

If you don't follow the order, or follow the order when he doesn't use this specific phrase, you die.

Source: Video Game / Guild Wars 2
Follow the Leader: Several civilization 5 fantasy mods are planned, including a few by Fall from Heaven team members and modmodders, that will likely use similar mechanics and settings.

Source: Video Game / Fall from Heaven
It's failure to follow lawful orders that gets you punished-if an officer has to use a gun to make the troops follow orders, it's clearly not lawful.

Source: Just Following Orders

Cite this Source

Use and Follow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/follow/use

Follow & Use. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/follow/use>.

Use or Follow. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/follow/use.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "follow" and "use" have occurred on timeline