"confederate" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A supporter of the Confederate States of America (synset 109973094)
is a type of:
- southerner - an American who lives in the South
- admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
subtypes: confederate soldier - a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
Someone who assists in a plot (synset 109972962)
is a type of: accessary, accessory - someone who helps another person commit a crime

same as: collaborator, henchman, partner in crime
A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) (synset 109780399)
is a type of: assistant, help, helper, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

subtypes: decoy, steerer - a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)

same as: accomplice

Adjective

Of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War (synset 301611524)
"Confederate soldiers"

similar to: southern - in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
United in a confederacy or league (synset 302485960)
similar to: united - characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

same as: allied, confederative

Verb

Form a group or unite (synset 202476108)
"The groups banded together"

is a type of: unify, unite - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

same as: band together
Form a confederation with;
Of nations (synset 202439388)
is a type of: unify, unite - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief