confederate
confederate is a 11-letter English word with 13 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.
- adjective. Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.
- noun. One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense.
- noun. A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).
- transitive verb. To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
- intransitive verb. To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.
- noun. a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
- noun. someone who assists in a plot
- noun. a supporter of the Confederate States of America
- verb. form a confederation with; of nations
- verb. form a group or unite
"The groups banded together"
- adjective. of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
"Confederate soldiers"
- adjective. united in a confederacy or league
Synonyms
accomplice, collaborator, henchman, allied, confederative
Common word forms
confederated, confederater, confederates, confederating
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for CONFEDERATE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.