confederate
Partner in crime
A confederate is an ally or accomplice—someone joined with others in a common purpose, often with overtones of conspiracy or secrecy: The detective suspected the witness was a confederate of the accused.
To confederate is to unite in a league or alliance.
As an adjective, confederate describes things joined together or relating to a confederation. (Capitalized Confederate relates to the American Civil War.)
Joint schemer
- accessorySupplementary addition
- abettorOne who assists wrongdoing
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
- henchmanLoyal criminal subordinate
conspirator · plotter · schemer · operative · agent · insider · cohort · underling
Association or distance unit
- allianceFormal union of parties
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- unionJoining into one
- commonwealthState for public good
compact · pact · treaty · bloc · association · consortium · syndicate · sovereignty
Fellow member, shared cause
- partnerOne who shares activity
- colleagueProfessional associate
- supporterOne who backs another
- compatriotFellow national
affiliate · collaborator · backer · sympathizer · advocate · defender · helper · assistant
coconspirator
Joint schemer
- accessorySupplementary addition
- abettorOne who assists wrongdoing
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
henchman · conspirator · plotter · schemer · operative · agent · insider · cohort · underling · adjutant
league
Association or distance unit
commonwealth · compact · pact · treaty · bloc · association · consortium · syndicate · sovereignty · autonomy
comrade
Fellow member, shared cause
compatriot · affiliate · collaborator · backer · sympathizer · advocate · defender · helper · assistant · protector
- gambling cheatscard mechanic, marked cards, stacked deck, card sharp, collusion
- nationalistspatriot, nationalist, ultranationalist, ethnonationalist, flag waver
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- collaboratorscoauthors, partner, cowriters, coworker, co-directors
- friendsfriend, best friend, pal, buddy, pals
- partnershipspartnership, business partnership, alliance, joint venture, joint ventures
confederateenemy
Hostile opposing party
foe · adversary · opponent · antagonist · rival
confederateUnion
Named political entity
Yankee · abolitionist · Ulysses S. Grant · Abraham Lincoln · William Tecumseh Sherman
- Confederate forcesSecessionist military units
- Confederate StatesSecessionist southern republic
- Confederate flagsEmblems of Southern secession
- Articles of ConfederationOriginal American governing charter
- Confederate ArmySecession states' military
- Iroquois ConfederacyNative American tribal league
confederation, confederacy, confederated, confederations, confederates, confederating