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. Drew Findling:

   At the end, we are confident that Gov. Kemp, who has demonstrated that he will not be dictated to by the federal government and has committed himself to combatting violent crime, will not suspend Sheriff Victor Hill, who is well documented as one of Georgia’s most devoted anti-crime law enforcement officers.

2. Marina Silva:

   The government froze the education, health, safety and infrastructure spending that we have for the next 20 years. Is that reasonable? That constitutional amendment will make the federal government inviable in the coming years.

3. William Consovoy:

   Federal courts may not decline to resolve a controversy within their traditional competence and proper jurisdiction simply because, as is the situation here, the question is difficult, the consequences weighty, or the potential real for conflict with the policy preferences of the political branches.

4. Josh Earnest:

   The point that the president was making is not that he didn’t know Secretary Clinton’s email address, he did, but he was not aware of the details of how that email address and that server had been set up or how Secretary Clinton and her team were planning to comply with the Federal Records Act.

5. John Malcolm:

   In terms of the wife, she could be charged with aiding and abetting, being a co-conspirator, or making false statements to federal investigators, depending on what she did, for example, if she knew her husband’s plans and was with him when he purchased the firearms, helped him to scope out the joint, covered up evidence or lied to investigators about what she knows, that could lead to an indictment.