Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun federalist

2 senses of federalist

Sense 1
Federalist -- (a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government)
       => politician, politico, pol, political leader -- (a person active in party politics)

Sense 2
federalist -- (an advocate of federalism)
       => advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent -- (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)