confederate
adjective
• joined by an agreement or treaty.
• "some local groups united to form confederate councils"
Similar:
federal,
confederated,
federated,
allied,
in alliance,
in league,
cooperating,
associated,
united,
combined,
amalgamated,
confederate
noun
• a person one works with, especially in something secret or illegal; an accomplice.
• "where was his confederate, the girl who had stolen Richard's wallet?"
Similar:
associate,
partner,
accomplice,
abetter,
accessory,
helper,
supporter,
assistant,
ally,
collaborator,
colleague,
oppo,
offsider,
• a supporter of the Confederate States of America.
confederate
verb
• bring (states or groups of people) into an alliance.
• "the treaty confederated the fourteen tribes"
Origin:
late Middle English: from late (ecclesiastical) Latin confoederatus, from con- ‘together’ + foederatus (see federate).
