Antonyms for confederate
kənˈfɛd ər ɪt, -ˈfɛd rɪt; -ˈfɛd əˌreɪtcon·fed·er·ate

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1. confederate

   Colleague is used always in a good sense, associate and coadjutor generally so; ally, assistant, associate, attendant, companion, helper, either in a good or a bad sense; abetter, accessory, accomplice, confederate, almost always in a bad sense. Ally is oftenest used of national and military matters, or of some other connection regarded as great and important; as, allies of despotism. Colleague is applied to civil and ecclesiastical connections; members of Congress from the same State are colleagues, even though they may be bitter opponents politically and personally. An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is near in rank to the Chief Justice. A surgeon's assistant is a physician or medical student who shares in the treatment and care of patients; a surgeon's attendant is one who rolls bandages and the like. Follower, henchman, retainer are persons especially devoted to a chief, and generally bound to him by necessity, fee, or reward. Partner has come to denote almost exclusively a business connection. In law, an abettor (the general legal spelling) is always present, either actively or constructively, at the commission of the crime; an accessory never. An accomplice is usually a principal; an accessory never. If present, though only to stand outside and keep watch against surprise, one is an abettor, and not an accessory. At common law, an accessory implies a principal, and can not be convicted until after the conviction of the principal; the accomplice or abettor can be convicted as a principal. Accomplice and abettor have nearly the same meaning, but the former is the popular, the latter more distinctively the legal term. Compare APPENDAGE; AUXILIARY.

   Antonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, betrayer, chief, commander, enemy, foe, hinderer, instigator, leader, opponent, opposer, principal, rival

   Synonyms:
   abetter, abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, coadjutor, colleague, companion, follower, helper, henchman, participator, partner, retainer

   Preposition:
   An accessory to the crime; before or after the fact; the accessories of a figure in a painting.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confederate

   Antonyms:
   disunited, dissolved

   Synonyms:
   leagued, allied, united, combined

Matched Categories

1. • Southerner
   • Accessory
   • Supporter
   • Unite

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confederatenoun

   a supporter of the Confederate States of America

   Antonyms:
   divided, northern

   Synonyms:
   henchman, partner in crime, collaborator, accomplice

2. confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crimenoun

   someone who assists in a plot

   Antonyms:
   divided, northern

   Synonyms:
   pardner, accomplice, collaborationist, partner, quisling, henchman, collaborator, partner in crime, cooperator

3. accomplice, confederateadjective

   a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

   Antonyms:
   divided, northern

   Synonyms:
   henchman, partner in crime, collaborator, accomplice

4. Confederateadjective

   of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War

   "Confederate soldiers"

   Antonyms:
   northern, divided

   Synonyms:
   confederative, allied

5. allied, confederate, confederativeverb

   united in a confederacy or league

   Antonyms:
   divided, northern

   Synonyms:
   confederative, allied

6. band together, confederateverb

   form a group or unite

   "The groups banded together"

   Antonyms:
   divided, northern

   Synonyms:
   band together

7. confederateverb

   form a confederation with; of nations

   Antonyms:
   northern, divided

   Synonyms:
   band together

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1. confederateadjective

   Synonyms:
   confederated, federated, allied, leagued

How to use confederate in a sentence?

1. Jim Ananich:

   This protest wasn't about the stay-at-home order, it was an opportunity for a small group of folks -- very few of whom were engaging in social distancing or wearing masks -- to show off their swastika posters, confederate flags, nooses hanging from cars and signs calling for murder, threatening Capitol police, staff, press, and elected members is not how we do business here in Michigan.

2. David McCallister:

   There were people that disliked the Confederate battle flag before and it appears they were just looking for some opportunity to create some kind of vigilante lynch mob calling for attacks on the Confederate battle flag wherever it be located, wherever it be displayed.

3. Kelly Leeper Leeper:

   I ’ll be damned if I ever come to Salt Lake again without bringing my gun, the point is, it’s my right to drive any kind of vehicle I want. If I want to fly the Confederate Flag, it’s my right - Kelly Leeper Leeper’s friend, who is not identified, owned the truck, which was parked in a lot outside the Red Lion Hotel and reportedly filled with $ 50,000 worth of welding equipment. At some point Sunday, Kelly Leeper Leeper said Kelly Leeper Leeper friend looked out Kelly Leeper Leeper friend hotel room window and saw a group of black men converging near the truck. Leeper and Kelly Leeper Leeper friend friend, who were in town for a Garth Brooks concert, went out to confront the group, and the incident quickly devolved into a fight.

4. Mark Edmondson:

   Long story short, it's complicated, the Confederate battle flag is a necessary part of history and its ... important to clarify history and not fall into some politically correct retelling.

5. Russell Moore:

   The cross and the Confederate flag cannot coexist without one setting the other on fire, white Christians, let's listen to our African-American brothers and sisters. Let's care not just about our own history, but also about our shared history with them.

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