'Confederate' definitions:
Definition of 'Confederate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; "Confederate soldiers"
adjective
United in a confederacy or league [syn: allied, confederate, confederative]
noun
A supporter of the Confederate States of America
noun
noun
A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn: accomplice, confederate]
verb
Form a group or unite; "The groups banded together" [syn: band together, confederate]
verb
Form a confederation with; of nations
Definition of 'Confederate'
From: GCIDE
- Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, a. [L. confoederatus, p. p. of confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact. See Federal.]
- 1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. [1913 Webster]
- All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Amer. Hist.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Confederate'
From: GCIDE
- Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, n.
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- He found some of his confederates in gaol. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Confederate'
From: GCIDE
- Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confederated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confederating.] To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally. [1913 Webster]
- With these the Piercies them confederate. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Confederate'
From: GCIDE
- Confederate \Con*fed"er*ate\, v. i. To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. [1913 Webster]
- By words men . . . covenant and confederate. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'confederate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abettor,
- accessory,
- accompany,
- accomplice,
- accomplice in crime,
- act in concert,
- act together,
- adjunct,
- affiliate,
- affiliated,
- allied,
- ally,
- amalgamate,
- associate,
- associate with,
- associated,
- assort with,
- attend,
- band,
- band together,
- be in cahoots,
- be in league,
- bedfellow,
- brother,
- brother-in-arms,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- cabal,
- cabalistic,
- cement a union,
- centralize,
- club,
- club together,
- coact,
- coadjutor,
- coalesce,
- coconspirator,
- cohort,
- collaborate,
- collaborator,
- colleague,
- collude,
- combine,
- come together,
- companion,
- compatriot,
- compeer,
- comrade,
- concert,
- concord,
- concur,
- confederated,
- confrere,
- consociate,
- consolidate,
- consort,
- consort with,
- conspirator,
- conspiratorial,
- conspire,
- cooperate,
- corporate,
- couple,
- couple with,
- coupled,
- crony,
- do business with,
- enleagued,
- federalize,
- federate,
- federated,
- fellow,
- fellow conspirator,
- fellow member,
- fellow traveler,
- flock together,
- fuse,
- gang,
- gang up,
- get heads together,
- get together,
- go along with,
- go in partners,
- go in partnership,
- go partners,
- go with,
- hang around with,
- hang together,
- harmonize,
- herd together,
- hold together,
- hook up,
- hook up with,
- in cahoots,
- in league,
- in partnership,
- in with,
- join,
- join forces,
- join fortunes with,
- join in,
- join together,
- join up with,
- join with,
- keep company with,
- keep together,
- league,
- league together,
- leagued,
- make common cause,
- married,
- marry,
- merge,
- organize,
- pair,
- pair off,
- paired,
- partner,
- partners with,
- play ball,
- pull together,
- put heads together,
- reciprocate,
- run with,
- socius criminis,
- stand together,
- stand up with,
- team up,
- team up with,
- team with,
- teamed,
- throw in together,
- throw in with,
- tie in,
- tie in with,
- tie up,
- tie up with,
- unionize,
- unite,
- unite efforts,
- unite with,
- wait on,
- wed,
- wedded,
- work together