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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
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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
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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
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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
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divided separate uncoordinated
WEAK
separated

Example Sentences

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“It needs to be a partnership between the state, the federal government and the private sector to be able to do those kinds of projects,” Jacobson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Personal spending climbed 0.5% in February, the government said Thursday in a report slightly delayed by prior lapses in federal spending.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Several more trials are planned for this year, including a trial in Oakland this summer in federal court over a school district’s claim that the platforms harm their students.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Last summer, DES also laid off about 500 employees in response to the elimination of federal grants and in anticipation of additional federal cuts.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Indeed, had not Madison been the most ardent advocate at the Constitutional Convention for a clear assertion of federal sovereignty?

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