federal
federal is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 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. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives.
- adjective. Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland.
- adjective. Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer.
- adjective. Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist.
- noun. See Federalist.
- noun. any federal law-enforcement officer
- noun. a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
- adjective. 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"
- adjective. 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 confederations"
- adjective. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
"Union soldiers"
"Federal forces"
- adjective. of or relating to the central government of a federation
"a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"
Synonyms
Common word forms
federals, federally, federalise, federalize, federalness
Words from these letters
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