confederate

1. 1.

   a supporter of the Confederate States of America

   BroadersupporterSoutherner

   NarrowerConfederate soldier
2. 2.

   someone who assists in a plot

   Synonymscollaboratorhenchmanpartner in crime

   Broaderaccessory
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsaccomplice

   Broaderassistant

   Narrowerdecoy

1. 1.

   form a group or unite

   “The groups banded together”

   Synonymsband together

   Broaderunite
2. 2.

   form a confederation with; of nations

   Broaderunite

1. 1.

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

   “Confederate soldiers”

   Similarsouthern
2. 2.

   united in a confederacy or league

   Synonymsalliedconfederative

   Similarunited

Other forms of confederate

plural

confederates·

past tense

confederated·

present participle

confederating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about confederate

What does confederate mean?

confederate means "a supporter of the Confederate States of America". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in confederate?

confederate has 4 syllables: con-fed-e-rate. The stress falls on "fed". In IPA it is /kənˈfɛdɚət/.

What is another word for confederate?

Close synonyms include collaborator, henchman, partner in crime, accomplice, band together. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is confederate a common word?

confederate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.