confederate

Meaning

Adj

1. Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
2. Banded together; allied.
3. (archaic, obsolete) Confederated.

Noun

1. A member of a confederacy.
2. An accomplice in a plot.
3. An accomplice in a plot.

Verb

To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.

Synonyms

accomplice

allied

ally

confederative

federate

accessory

partner in crime

henchman

league

band together

collaborator

unified

unify

unite

united

joined in a alliance

accessary

united in a league

affine

aligned

associate

capper

coalesce

combine

federal

federated

federative

joined

Translations

complice

confederado

aliado

aliado

confédéré

cómplice

confederar

complex

confederativo

sbire

confederato

Bundesgenosse

cúmplice

alleato

vereinigen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈfɛdəɹət/

Etymology

First attested in 1387, in Middle english; inherited from Middle English confederat(e) (“confederated, allied, associated in a plot; united or bound, as in friendship or troth”), borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus perfect passive participle of cōnfoederō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. By surface analysis, con- + federate.