Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

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1. confederate

   Synonyms:
   leagued, allied, united, combined

   Antonyms:
   disunited, dissolved

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1. Confederatenoun

   a supporter of the Confederate States of America

   Synonyms:
   henchman, partner in crime, collaborator, accomplice

   Antonyms:
   divided, northern

2. confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crimenoun

   someone who assists in a plot

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

   Antonyms:
   divided, northern

3. accomplice, confederateadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   henchman, partner in crime, collaborator, accomplice

   Antonyms:
   divided, northern

4. Confederateadjective

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

   "Confederate soldiers"

   Synonyms:
   confederative, allied

   Antonyms:
   northern, divided

5. allied, confederate, confederativeverb

   united in a confederacy or league

   Synonyms:
   confederative, allied

   Antonyms:
   divided, northern

6. band together, confederateverb

   form a group or unite

   "The groups banded together"

   Synonyms:
   band together

   Antonyms:
   divided, northern

7. confederateverb

   form a confederation with; of nations

   Synonyms:
   band together

   Antonyms:
   northern, divided

Matched Categories

1. • Southerner
   • Accessory
   • Supporter
   • Unite

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1. confederateverb

   Synonyms:
   ally, league, combine, unite

2. confederateverb

   Synonyms:
   unite, be leagued, be allied

3. confederatenoun

   Synonyms:
   accomplice, abettor, accessory, ally

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1. confederateadjective

   Synonyms:
   confederated, federated, allied, leagued

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1. List of paraphrases for "confederate":

   accomplice, confederal, confederacy

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How to use confederate in a sentence?

1. Byron Thomas:

   I love to show [it] when people walk in my room, i have the American flag, South Carolina flag and the Confederate flag. I have no shame in the flags that I support.

2. Confederate Heritage Month Haley:

   You know, for those groups that come in and say they have issues with the Confederate flag, I will work to talk to them about it, i will work and talk to them about the heritage and how this is not something that is racist. This is something that is a tradition that people feel proud of and let them know that we want their business in this state. And that the flag where it is, was a compromise of all people that everybody should accept as part of South Carolina.

3. Carlos Best:

   I did witness Confederate flags on people's hats, on the back of their cars. I personally heard racial remarks made( not) only towards my people, but other races as well, and I would like to say it was a daily thing out here on the job that you had to deal with.

4. Jeanetta Williams:

   It would send a clear message that they are listening to the people, not only here in Utah, but across the country when people are saying that names do matter; flags do matter; the Confederate symbols and the Southern stances after the Civil War -- they do matter.

5. Brian Nick:

   The decision was made several weeks ago not to sell products promoting the confederate flag and this item fell under that category and the associate made the right choice and did not complete the sale.