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Noun
S:
(n)
Confederate
(a supporter of the Confederate States of America)
S:
(n)
confederate
,
collaborator
,
henchman
,
partner in crime
(someone who assists in a plot)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
accessory
,
accessary
(someone who helps another person commit a crime)
S:
(n)
criminal
,
felon
,
crook
,
outlaw
,
malefactor
(someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
S:
(n)
principal
((criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement)
S:
(n)
wrongdoer
,
offender
(a person who transgresses moral or civil law)
S:
(n)
bad person
(a person who does harm to others)
S:
(n)
person
,
individual
,
someone
,
somebody
,
mortal
,
soul
(a human being)
"there was too much for one person to do"
S:
(n)
organism
,
being
(a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
S:
(n)
living thing
,
animate thing
(a living (or once living) entity)
S:
(n)
whole
,
unit
(an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
S:
(n)
object
,
physical object
(a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
"it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S:
(n)
causal agent
,
cause
,
causal agency
(any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S:
(n)
accomplice
,
confederate
(a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan))
Verb
S:
(v)
band together
,
confederate
(form a group or unite)
"The groups banded together"
S:
(v)
confederate
(form a confederation with; of nations)
Adjective
S:
(adj)
Confederate
(of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War)
"Confederate soldiers"
S:
(adj)
allied
,
confederate
,
confederative
(united in a confederacy or league)