'Federal' definitions:
Definition of 'federal'
From: WordNet
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"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"
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"
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"; "a Federal infantryman" [syn: Union, Federal]
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" [ant: unitary]
noun
A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War [syn: Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier]
noun
Any federal law-enforcement officer [syn: Federal, Fed, federal official]
Definition of 'Federal'
From: GCIDE
- Federal \Fed"er*al\, a. [L. foedus league, treaty, compact; akin to fides faith: cf. F. f['e]d['e]ral. see Faith.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, . . . to part with Sardinia. --Grew. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically: (a) 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. (b) Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer. (c) Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist. [1913 Webster]
- Federal Congress. See under Congress. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Federal'
From: GCIDE
- Federal \Fed"er*al\, n. See Federalist. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Federal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- amanuensis,
- baggage agent,
- Bow Street runner,
- business agent,
- claim agent,
- clerk,
- commercial agent,
- commission agent,
- consignee,
- customer agent,
- detective,
- dupe,
- factor,
- FBI,
- FBI agent,
- fed,
- federal agent,
- freight agent,
- functionary,
- G-man,
- general agent,
- hotel detective,
- house detective,
- house dick,
- implement,
- inquiry agent,
- instrument,
- insurance agent,
- investigator,
- land agent,
- law agent,
- literary agent,
- loan agent,
- narc,
- news agent,
- official,
- operative,
- parliamentary agent,
- passenger agent,
- plainclothesman,
- police detective,
- press agent,
- private detective,
- private investigator,
- puppet,
- purchasing agent,
- real estate agent,
- revenuer,
- sales agent,
- Secret Service,
- secretary,
- Sherlock Holmes,
- sleuth,
- special agent,
- station agent,
- steward,
- store detective,
- T-man,
- theatrical agent,
- ticket agent,
- tool,
- travel agent,
- treasury agent,
- walking delegate
Synonyms of 'federal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- associative,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- blending,
- bound bailiff,
- bureaucratic,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- chief of police,
- civic,
- civil,
- combinative,
- combinatory,
- combining,
- commissioner,
- constable,
- constitutional,
- corporational,
- democratic,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- despotic,
- detective,
- dictatorial,
- fascist,
- fed,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- federative,
- flic,
- fusing,
- G-man,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- incorporating,
- incorporative,
- inspector,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- mace-bearer,
- marshal,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- merging,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- mounted policeman,
- MP,
- narc,
- officer,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- pluralistic,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- political,
- portreeve,
- reeve,
- republican,
- roundsman,
- self-governing,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- sheriff,
- superintendent,
- theocratic,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- totalitarian,
- trooper,
- uniting
Words containing 'Federal'
- Federalism,
- Federalized,
- Federalizing,
- Federate,
- Federation,
- Federative,
- federalization,
- federalize,
- federally,
- federated,
- Federal Congress,
- Federal Dam,
- Federal Heights,
- Federal Way,
- Federation squirrel,
- The Federal Congress,
- federal agency,
- federal agent,
- federal court,
- federal deficit,
- federal department,
- federal district,
- federal government,
- federal judiciary,
- federal office,
- federal official,
- federal party,
- federal reserve,
- federal soldier,
- federation of tribes,
- russian federation,
- Federal Dam, MN,
- Federal Heights, CO,
- Federal Way, WA,
- american federation of labor,
- capital of the russian federation,
- department of the federal government,
- federal aviation agency,
- federal bureau of investigation,
- federal bureau of prisons,
- federal communications commission,
- federal housing administration,
- federal protective service,
- federal republic of germany,
- federal republic of nigeria,
- federal republic of yugoslavia,
- federal reserve bank,
- federal reserve board,
- federal reserve note,
- federal reserve system,
- federal savings bank,
- federal security bureau,
- federal security service,
- federal tax lien,
- federal trade commission,
- federated states of micronesia,
- federative republic of brazil,
- make a federal case,
- Federal National Mortgage Association,
- federal democratic republic of ethiopia,
- federal deposit insurance corporation,
- federal emergency management agency,
- federal islamic republic of the comoros,
- federal job safety law,
- federation of saint kitts and nevis,
- federal home loan bank system,
- federal home loan mortgage corporation,
- federal law enforcement training center,
- russian soviet federated socialist republic,
- american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations