Synonyms for federalist
ˈfɛd ər ə lɪstfed·er·al·ist

Princeton's WordNet

1. Federalistnoun

   a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government

2. federalistnoun

   an advocate of federalism

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1. • Advocate
   • Politician

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1. List of paraphrases for "federalist":

   federal, federalism

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1. Leigh-Allyn Baker:

   Because there are these books that I have and I have them as a gift for you: the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers and also the Bible. These guarantee my freedom and yours and our children’s to breathe oxygen.

2. Bob Casey:

   This Supreme Court nominee is being fast-tracked, first of all, because This Supreme Court nominee has been vetted by the two groups that matter : the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation, both groups totally committed to undoing, striking down the Affordable Care Act.

3. Matt Bevin:

   Health care is different in our state than it is in another state. Idaho is different than Kentucky, i think the key is to truly use the federalist model. … This is how you get a return on things. Give states more autonomy and more control and you’ll get better results.

4. Samuel Alito:

   Boy, is your work needed today, congratulations to the Federalist Society on 40 years.

5. Travis Nix:

   Overall, I would say it's pretty poor, there's a vocal minority that doesn't respect conservative or libertarian ideas at all … When you get people one on one and talk to them in person, it's a lot better I think. But when they're in this group setting, there's definitely not a lot of respect for the ideas that I and some other students in Federalist Society hold at all.