Synonyms 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

   Synonyms:
   federal official

   Antonyms:
   local, southern, unitary

2. Federal, Fed, federal officialadjective

   any federal law-enforcement officer

   Synonyms:
   federal official

   Antonyms:
   unitary, southern, local

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

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1. federaladjective

   Synonyms:
   confederate

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1. List of paraphrases for "federal":

   fédéral, federation, federative, federally, fannie, fédérale, dominion, fã, federalism, federalist, canada, government, federated, service-wide

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1. Public Information Nick Cavey:

   Maryland officials have received subpoenas from federal officials, federal authorities have asked us not to disclose the information they are seeking as part of their ongoing criminal investigation.

2. Republican Michael McCaul:

   This was the most significant breach of federal networks in U.S. history.

3. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu:

   Matters of national security are no place for politics, in New Orleans, we are working every day to make sure that our streets are safe. To that end, we routinely run coordinated homeland security exercises across city, state and federal agencies so that we are prepared should something occur.

4. Junichi Ishikawa:

   The euro showed such a big reaction to the ECB meeting as its stance came in sharp contrast to the Federal Reserve, which had struck a hawkish tone just the day before.

5. Tereza Cristina:

   Small farmers that have been there 50 years and have deeds issued by the state or federal government, if you kick them out, there aren't conditions there for indigenous people to hunt and fish and have their lives, when the president says he doesn't want more demarcations, he's talking about this type of contested areas.