People and roles

Synonyms for federal

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsPeople and roles

being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War

Federal soldiers marched south to fight the Confederacy.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

union

Same sentence, swapped: Union soldiers marched south to fight the Confederacy.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for federal as it is used in the sentence above.

civil
official
political

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Closest first: other people and roles words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

sonnounboya male human offspringFoothillsHas a reason line successnounwinnera person with a record of successesFoothillsHas a reason line toastverb, noundrinkpropose a toast toFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line typenouncasea person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)Foothills umpirenounarbitersomeone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issueHigh CampHas a reason line uncivilizedadjectivewildwithout civilizing influencesRidgeline unsophisticatedadjectivehickawkwardly simple and provincialHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line interestedadjectiveconcernedinvolved in or affected by or having a claim to or share inFoothills

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