Synonyms for federation
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Noun
1. Confederation
confederation, union, association, confederacy, league, coalition, alliance, congress, combination, copartnership
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Definitions
- n. 1
An act of joining together into a single political entity.
It is 106 years since federation.
Related words
- Word family
- federal federate federational federationism federationist federative
Forms
- Plural
- federations → confederations, unions, associations, confederacies…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- union It is improper to impose sanctions upon the union.
- association My family belongs to the neighborhood association.
- confederation Gustavo is the head of the confederation.
- confederacy The Maratha Empire could just as easily be called the Maratha Confederacy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| federation | falling | |
| union | falling | |
| association | falling | |
| confederation | steady | |
| confederacy | 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
- 11 letters
- association5, combination4, confederacy5
- 13 letters
- confederation5, copartnership
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (union2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fédération
- Italiano
- federazione
- Español
- federación
- Deutsch
- Föderation