adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
confederate
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Banded together; allied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Confederated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete
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adj
Meaning 4
Of or relating to the Confederate States of America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: Unionist
adj
Meaning 5
Of or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 6
Of or relating to Confederate Ireland or the Irish Confederate Wars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 7
A member of a confederacy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: ally
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noun
Meaning 8
An accomplice in a plot.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conspirator
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
An accomplice in a plot.
An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conspirator, stooge
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A citizen of the Confederate States of America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rebel, Johnny Reb, southron, Southerner
Antonyms: Unionist
noun
Meaning 11
A supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 12
A supporter of Irish Catholic self-rule during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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verb
Meaning 13
To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 14
of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Confederate soldiers
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 15
united in a confederacy or league
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: allied, confederative
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accomplice
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assistant, helper, help, supporter
Narrower terms: decoy, steerer
noun
Meaning 17
someone who assists in a plot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collaborator, henchman, partner in crime
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accessory, accessary
noun
Meaning 18
a supporter of the Confederate States of America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Southerner, supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
Narrower terms: Confederate soldier
verb
Meaning 19
form a confederation with; of nations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: unite, unify
verb
Meaning 20
form a group or unite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The groups banded together
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: band together
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unite, unify
History
Etymology
First attested in 1387, in Middle english; inherited from Middle English confederat(e) (“confederated, allied, associated in a plot; united or bound, as in friendship or troth”), borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus perfect passive participle of cōnfoederō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. By surface analysis, con- + federate.
First attested in 1531; borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of (obsolete) confeder.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: конфедеративен (konfederativen) — of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
- Spanish: confederado — of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
- Armenian: դաշնակից (dašnakicʻ) — a member of a confederacy
- Bulgarian: участник в конфедерация (učastnik v konfederacija) — a member of a confederacy
- Bulgarian: съюзен (sǎjuzen) — a member of a confederacy
- Bulgarian: съюзнически (sǎjuzničeski) — a member of a confederacy
- Catalan: confederat — a member of a confederacy
- Catalan: confederada — a member of a confederacy
- French: confédéré — a member of a confederacy
- French: confédérée — a member of a confederacy
- German: Konföderierter — a member of a confederacy
- German: Konföderierte — a member of a confederacy
- Russian: конфедера́т (konfederát) — a member of a confederacy
- Russian: конфедера́тка (konfederátka) — a member of a confederacy
- Bulgarian: заговорник (zagovornik) — an accomplice in a plot
- Bulgarian: съучастник (sǎučastnik) — an accomplice in a plot
- Russian: соуча́стник (součástnik) — an accomplice in a plot
- Russian: соо́бщник (soóbščnik) — an accomplice in a plot
- Russian: подставное лицо́ (podstavnoje licó) — an actor in an experiment
- Catalan: confederar — to unite, combine persons or states in a confederacy
- French: confédérer — to unite, combine persons or states in a confederacy
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