Synonyms for confederacy
kənˈfɛd ər ə si, -ˈfɛd rə sicon·fed·er·a·cy

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1. confederacy

   Alliance is in its most common use a connection formed by treaty between sovereign states as for mutual aid in war. Partnership is a mercantile word; alliance chiefly political or matrimonial. Coalition is oftenest used of political parties; fusion is now the more common word in this sense. In an alliance between nations there is no surrender of sovereignty, and no union except for a specified time and purpose. League and alliance are used with scarcely perceptible difference of meaning. In a confederacy or confederation there is an attempt to unite separate states in a general government without surrender of sovereignty. Union implies so much concession as to make the separate states substantially one. Federation is mainly a poetic and rhetorical word expressing something of the same thought, as in Tennyson's "federation of the world," Locksley Hall, l. 128. The United States is not a confederacy nor an alliance; the nation might be called a federation, but prefers to be styled a federal union.

   Synonyms:
   alliance, coalition, compact, confederation, federation, fusion, league, partnership, union

   Antonyms:
   antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, enmity, hostility, schism, secession, separation, war

   Preposition:
   Alliance with a neighboring people; against the common enemy; for offense and defense; alliance of, between, or among nations.

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1. confederacy

   Synonyms:
   alliance, treaty, league, union, association

   Antonyms:
   disruption, secession, disunion

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1. Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixielandnoun

   the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

   Synonyms:
   conspiracy, federation, confederation, southward, due south

2. confederation, confederacy, federationnoun

   a union of political organizations

   Synonyms:
   alliance, conspiracy, federation, confederation

3. conspiracy, confederacynoun

   a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

   Synonyms:
   cabal, conspiracy, federation, confederation

4. conspiracy, confederacynoun

   a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act

   Synonyms:
   cabal, conspiracy, federation, confederation

Matched Categories

1. • Agreement
   • Geographical Area
   • Set
   • Union

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1. confederacynoun

   Synonyms:
   confederation (especially of independent states), federation, league, coalition, alliance, union, federal compact

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1. List of paraphrases for "confederacy":

   confederation, confederate

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How to use confederacy in a sentence?

1. Thomas Jefferson:

   An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

2. Jonathan Swift:

   When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

3. Jonathan Swift:

   When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.

4. Jared Huffman:

   With the consideration of the Interior Appropriations bill, this House has the opportunity to add its voice by ending the promotion of the cruel, racist legacy of the Confederacy.

5. John Bankhead:

   This is set up by Georgia law as a museum for the Confederacy.