1. federal
adjective. ['ˈfɛdɝəl, ˈfɛdrəl'] national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units.
Antonyms
- noncitizen
Etymology
- fédéral (French)
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Words that Rhyme with Federal Court
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Example sentences of the word federal-court
1. Noun Phrase
Judges are public officials who preside over civil and criminal trials in local, state and federal courts.
2. Noun Phrase
The President appoints federal court justices for life, pending Senate approval.
2. Federal
adjective. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War.
Synonyms
- Union
Antonyms
- special agent
- general agent
3. Federal
noun. any federal law-enforcement officer.
Synonyms
- federal agent
- agent
- Fed
Antonyms
- slave state
- South
- Dixieland
- Confederate
4. Federal
noun. a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Synonyms
- Union soldier
- Federal soldier
- Yank
- Yankee
Antonyms
- Confederate States
- Confederacy
- Confederate States of America
- gray
5. court
noun. ['ˈkɔrt'] an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
Synonyms
- F.I.S.C.
- chancery
- moot court
- domestic relations court
- appellate court
- International Court of Justice
- Inquisition
- juvenile court
- military court
- Star Chamber
- supreme court
- kangaroo court
- trial court
- inferior court
- superior court
- court of justice
- Bench
- tribunal
- divorce court
- assembly
- Rota
- court of law
- consistory
- lawcourt
- criminal court
- federal court
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
- court of assize and nisi prius
- high court
- World Court
- quarter sessions
- judicature
- lower court
- traffic court
- court of appeals
- family court
- probate court
- police court
- state supreme court
- assizes
- court of assize
- jury
- appeals court
- court of domestic relations
Antonyms
- opening
- retreat
- gladden
- move in
Etymology
- cort (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cors (Latin)
6. court
noun. ['ˈkɔrt'] a room in which a lawcourt sits.
Synonyms
- courthouse
- witness stand
- bench
- bar
- jury box
- witness box
- room
Antonyms
- close
- descend
- linger
- recede
Etymology
- cort (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cors (Latin)
7. court
verb. ['ˈkɔrt'] make amorous advances towards.
Synonyms
- woo
- solicit
- act
- romance
- display
- move
- chase
Antonyms
- move out
- stay
- rest
- buy
Etymology
- cort (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cors (Latin)
8. court
noun. ['ˈkɔrt'] the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state.
Synonyms
- authorities
- regime
- government
- royal court
- Sublime Porte
- Porte
Antonyms
- stand still
- push
- raise
- pull
Etymology
- cort (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cors (Latin)
9. court
noun. ['ˈkɔrt'] a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played.
Synonyms
- tennis court
- field
- piste
- squash court
- volleyball court
- badminton court
- athletic field
- basketball court
- playing field
- playing area
Antonyms
- inactivity
- overact
- underact
- fail
Etymology
- cort (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cors (Latin)
10. court
verb. ['ˈkɔrt'] seek someone's favor.
Antonyms
- disrespect
Etymology
- cort (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cors (Latin)