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Defenition of the word federal

    • Defenition of the word federal

      • Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
      • national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"
      • (government) characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederatons"
      • of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"
      • any federal law-enforcement officer
      • a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
      • being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"
      • characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederatons"
      • national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units
      • characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
      • being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
      • of or relating to the central government of a federation

    Synonyms for the word federal

      • central
      • centralized
      • Fed
      • Federal
      • federal official
      • Federal soldier
      • national
      • Union
      • Union soldier

    Similar words in the federal

      • federal
      • federalism
      • federalism's
      • federalist
      • federalist's
      • federalists
      • federally
      • federals
      • national
      • northern

    Hypernyms for the word federal

      • agent
      • federal agent
      • Northerner
      • Yank
      • Yankee

    Antonyms for the word federal

      • unitary

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