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. Melina Jampolis:

   I was disappointed to see the school's rejections of alternative options, such as offering more white milk than sweetened to make white milk appear to be the more normal choice, due to the potential for slightly increased labor in restocking sweetened (chocolate) milk more frequently, i hope that research continues in this area and I agree with the authors' suggestion that both school and federal policies and guidelines may need to change in order to have a significant effect.

2. David Seldin:

   Fetal tissue research is tightly regulated, ethically and legally, at the state and federal level—as it should be, the University of Pittsburgh complies with all laws—and requires its partners do the same.

3. Jeremy Tedesco:

   As federal agencies begin to implement the order, Alliance Defending Freedom will keep watch and is prepared to file lawsuits if necessary to protect our constitutional freedoms.

4. Stephen Jen:

   Global risk is elevated right now and so the Federal Reserve would be cautious in hiking interest rates, that support for the dollar is not there at the moment.

5. Peter Navarro:

   My job at The White House now is to help marry the full force of the federal government with the full power of private enterprise to mobilize our industrial base and thereby quickly get what we need, most urgently Personal Protective Equipment such as masks and gloves and testing kit element like swabs, it's been enormously helpful that the President signed the DPA last week. We've seen a noticeable uptick in the intensity of that mobilization, and my office is using the DPA every day as quiet leverage to turbocharge the great outpouring of volunteer efforts from the business community.