Federal

//ˈfɛdəɹəl//

Synonyms for "federal" (170 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (51)

Related words (85)

Related word relations

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Translations

95 translations across 37 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • اِتِّحَادِيّ adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • اِتِّحَادِيّ adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • فِدِرَالِيّ adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • فِدِرَالِيّ adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Armenian

2 entries
  • դաշնային adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • դաշնային adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • федэраты́ўны adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • съю́зен adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • федера́лен adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • федерален агент noun (a law-enforcement officer of the FBI)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဖက်ဒရယ် adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Catalan

2 entries
  • federal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • federal adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Czech

4 entries
  • federalistický adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • federální adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • spolkový adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • svazový adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)

Danish

2 entries
  • føderal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • føderal adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bonds adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • bonds adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • federaal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • federaal adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • federacia adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • federacia adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Finnish

4 entries
  • federaalinen adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • federatiivinen adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • liittovaltion adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • liittovaltion poliisi noun (a law-enforcement officer of the FBI)

French

4 entries
  • fédéral adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • fédéral adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • fédérale adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • fédérale adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Galician

1 entries
  • federal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)

Georgian

4 entries
  • მოკავშირე adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • ფედერალური adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • ფედერალური adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • ფედერაციული adj (pertaining to the national government level)

German

4 entries
  • Bundes adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • Bundes adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • föderal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • föderal adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Greek

1 entries
  • ομοσπονδιακός adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • פדרלי adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • סוכן פדרלי noun (a law-enforcement officer of the FBI)

Hindi

2 entries
  • संघीय adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • संघीय adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • szövetségi adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • szövetségi adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • államközi adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • serikat adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)

Irish

3 entries
  • cónaidhme adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • cónaidhmeach adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • feidearálach adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Italian

2 entries
  • federale adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • federale adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • федеративті adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • федеративті adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • федеративтік adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • федеративтік adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • føderal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • føderal adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • føderal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • føderal adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Polish

2 entries
  • federalny adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • związkowy adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • federal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • federal adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • federativo adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)

Romanian

3 entries
  • federal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • federal adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • federativ adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)

Russian

4 entries
  • сою́зный adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • федера́льный adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • федерати́вный adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • федера́л noun (a law-enforcement officer of the FBI)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • federalan adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • federalni adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • savezni adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • са́везнӣ adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)

Slovak

1 entries
  • federálny adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zvezdi adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Spanish

2 entries
  • federal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • federal adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Swedish

2 entries
  • federal adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • federal adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • sang-isahan adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)
  • sang-isahan adj (pertaining to the national government level)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • федерати́вний adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)

Urdu

2 entries
  • وفاق adj (pertaining to the national government level)
  • وفاقی adj (pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.

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Please send this by Federal Express.

Source: tatoeba (54987)

Americans pay both federal taxes and state taxes.

Source: tatoeba (67463)

The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates.

Source: tatoeba (320230)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.