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Definitions

federal

[fed-er-uhl] / ˈfɛd ər əl /
ADJECTIVE
confederate
Synonyms
STRONG
amalgamated associated combined federated incorporated leagued organized syndicated unionized
WEAK
corporate in alliance
ADJECTIVE
national
Synonyms
STRONGEST
civil communal domestic ethnic governmental internal interstate nationwide public social
STRONG
general home imperial native royal sovereign state sweeping vernacular
WEAK
countrywide government civic inland politic political societal widespread
Antonyms
STRONGEST
private
WEAK
local
ADJECTIVE
public
Synonyms
STRONGEST
civic civil communal governmental mutual national popular social universal urban
STRONG
city common country free government metropolitan open state
WEAK
accessible conjoint conjunct free to all intermutual municipal not private open door unrestricted widespread without charge
Antonyms
STRONGEST
local private unshared
WEAK
particular specific unknown
ADJECTIVE
united
Synonyms
STRONGEST
concerted consolidated cooperative homogeneous integrated linked unanimous undivided unified
STRONG
affiliated agreed allied amalgamated assembled associated banded confederated conjugate incorporated leagued pooled
WEAK
coadunate cognate collective concordant congruent conjoint conjunctive corporate hooked up in accord in cahoots joined up like-minded lined up of one mind of the same opinion one plugged in tied in unitary
Antonyms
STRONGEST
divided separate uncoordinated
WEAK
separated

Example Sentences

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Keenan met up with federal prosecutors in Minnesota on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January, as thousands of Border Patrol and U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

As a veteran assistant U.S. attorney, passed over for promotions repeatedly in his 24-year career, Keenan was still handling low-level cases typically reserved for first-year federal prosecutors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

By the time the department secured an indictment of Lemon and others, about a week later, federal prosecutors in Minnesota had abandoned the case, leaving it to Keenan and the Civil Rights Division.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Congress passed legislation in 1996 that banned noncitizens from voting in federal elections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"The trial was to be held in federal court," Dasch stated.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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