federal

Meaning of federal

adjective
  1. having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.
    a federal Europe
  2. relating to or denoting the central government as distinguished from the separate units constituting a federation.
    the health ministry has sole federal responsibility for healthcare

mid 17th century: from Latin foedus, foeder- ‘league, covenant’ + -al.

Information about federal

Hyphenation of federal

fed-eral

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • federal is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

federal synonyms

Meaning government:

government, authorities

Meaning Union:

Union, Federal

Meaning Federal:

Federal, Fed

Meaning joined by an agreement or treaty:

confederate

Meaning (of a country or organization) set up as a single centralized unit within which each state or division keeps some internal autonomy:

federated

Meaning join or merge to form a single unit or substance:

combined

Meaning joined by or relating to members of an alliance:

allied

Meaning joined together politically, for a common purpose, or by common feelings:

united

Meaning combine or unite to form one organization or structure:

amalgamated

Meaning with various parts or aspects linked or coordinated:

integrated

Meaning make, form, or suggest a connection with or between:

linked

Meaning (of a person or thing) connected with something else:

associated

Meaning work jointly towards the same end:

cooperating

Translation of federal

Anagrams of federal

Elfreda, Fredela

Words that rhyme with federal

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