confederate meaning and definition

CONFEDERATE noun

Definition of Confederate (noun)

1. a supporter of the Confederate States of America
2. someone who assists in a plot
   • synonyms: collaborator, henchman, partner in crime
3. a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
   • synonyms: accomplice

CONFEDERATE verb

Definition of confederate (verb)

1. form a group or unite
   • "The groups banded together"
   • synonyms: band together
2. form a confederation with; of nations

CONFEDERATE adjective

Definition of Confederate (adjective)

1. of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
   • "Confederate soldiers"
2. united in a confederacy or league
   • synonyms: allied, confederative