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Definitions

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

STRONGEST

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

STRONGEST

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

STRONGEST

divided separate uncoordinated

WEAK

separated

Example Sentences

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A federal judge temporarily blocked their deportation Tuesday.

From Barron's

Life expectancy in the U.S. reached a record high in 2024 following a substantial decline of drug-overdose deaths, according to figures released by the federal government Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal

“UCLA’s medical school is committed to fair processes in all of our programs and activities, including admissions, consistent with federal and state anti-discrimination laws,” Hampton said.

From Los Angeles Times

Typically federal law-enforcement agents involved in a shooting remain on leave while the incident is investigated.

From BBC

Since thousands of ICE and Border Patrol agents arrived in the Minneapolis area in recent months, the city has become a stage for rising tensions between local and federal law enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal

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