English adjective: Confederate | |||
1. | Confederate of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War | ||
Samples | Confederate soldiers. | ||
Similar | southern | ||
Antonyms | northern | ||
2. | confederate united in a confederacy or league | ||
Synonyms | allied, confederative | ||
Similar | united | ||
Antonyms | divided | ||
English noun: Confederate | |||
1. | Confederate (person) a supporter of the Confederate States of America | ||
Broader (hypernym) | admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, Southerner, supporter | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Confederate soldier | ||
2. | confederate (person) someone who assists in a plot | ||
Synonyms | collaborator, henchman, partner in crime | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accessary, accessory | ||
3. | confederate (person) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | ||
Synonyms | accomplice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assistant, help, helper, supporter | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | decoy, steerer | ||
English verb: confederate | |||
1. | confederate (social) form a group or unite | ||
Samples | The groups banded together. | ||
Synonyms | band together | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unify, unite | ||
2. | confederate (social) form a confederation with; of nations | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unify, unite | ||