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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
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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
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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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Villegas sued the federal government last year, after he and two other day laborers were arrested by immigration agents on June 18 as they waited at a Pasadena bus stop.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

If the Cadillac passengers had known they were dealing with a federal agent, the entire incident with Morgan could have very well been avoided.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

It charged the new agency with preserving the official records of the federal government.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

And problems that have plagued the industry persist despite highly publicized enforcement efforts by the state and federal government, experts say.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The first resolution was designed to appease the Deep South by confirming that the Constitution prohibited any federal legislation limiting or ending the slave trade until 1808.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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