Antonyms for federal
ˈfɛd ər əlfed·er·al

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1. Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldiernoun

   a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War

   Antonyms:
   local, southern, unitary

   Synonyms:
   federal official

2. Federal, Fed, federal officialadjective

   any federal law-enforcement officer

   Antonyms:
   unitary, southern, local

   Synonyms:
   federal official

3. federaladjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   southern, unitary, local

4. federaladjective

   of or relating to the central government of a federation

   "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"

   Antonyms:
   local, southern, unitary

5. Union, Federaladjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   southern, local, unitary

6. federaladjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unitary, southern, local

How to use federal in a sentence?

1. Tom Roseen:

   While investors were keeping a keen eye on the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting, which concluded on Wednesday on a more hawkish note than some anticipated, taxable-fixed income mutual funds took in small amounts of net new money - $348 million-plus, with ETF investors ... withdrawing $700 million, interestingly, though, both investors types were net purchasers of municipal bond funds, injecting $877 million into conventional open-end funds and $314 million for ETFs, respectively.

2. Sheriff Paul Babeu:

   On average these criminals have been in federal prison for nine years -- you don’t have to be a sheriff to realize that a felon after nine years in jail isn’t going to be adding value to the community. A third are illegals and felons so they can’t work. What do we think they are going to do?

3. Nancy Mace:

   These things happen so often, and they effect every family and every kind of community, no matter the color of your skin or the amount of money you make, it's really past time that the federal government just get out of the way, provide a tax, tax it and regulate it, and let states legally do what they've already been doing for almost two and a half decades.

4. James Goodwin:

   A federal judge may well decide that the public didn't have an adequate chance to participate, this legal deficiency could thus convince a judge to send the rule back to the agency to obtain better public feedback.

5. The Justice Department:

   The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) are committed to the safe and humane living and working conditions of all inmates and employees.

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