Synonyms for confederation
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Noun
1. Confederacy — A union or alliance of states or political organizations
confederacy, alliance, federation, league, union, coalition, association, congress
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Definitions
- n. 1
A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
Forms
- Plural
- confederations → confederacies, alliances, federations, leagues…
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In a confederacy or confederation there is an attempt to unite separate states in a general government without surrender of sovereignty.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- league The manager has put him back in the major league.
- alliance Algeria has good relations with the NATO alliance.
- federation Tatarstan is a republic of the Russian Federation.
- confederacy The Maratha Empire could just as easily be called the Maratha Confederacy.
- nationality "What nationality are his neighbors?" "Malaysian."
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| confederation | steady | |
| league | rising | |
| alliance | steady | |
| federation | falling | |
| confederacy | steady | |
| nationality | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- union2
- 6 letters
- league1
- 8 letters
- congress2, alliance3
- 9 letters
- coalition4
- 10 letters
- federation4
- 11 letters
- association5, nationality5, confederacy5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (union2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- confédération
- Italiano
- confederazione
- Deutsch
- Eidgenossenschaft