Synonyms of federating

federating

verb

present participle of federate

as in cooperating

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members

in the years following World War II, the U.S. and the nations of western Europe made the decision to federate as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cooperating
• uniting
• collaborating
• merging
• organizing
• allying
• confederating
• consolidating
• coalescing
• cohering
• conjoining
• joining
• associating
• clubbing
• converging
• amalgamating
• pulling together
• banding (together)
• grouping
• combining
• incorporating
• leaguing
• closing ranks
• affiliating
• linking
• unionizing
• teaming (up)
• tying
• ganging up
• caballing
• hanging together
• conglomerating
• knotting
• wedding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• splitting
• separating
• disbanding
• dissolving
• segregating
• breaking up
• detaching
• severing
• divorcing
• parting
• disengaging
• alienating
• sundering
• disuniting
• falling out
• estranging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of federating

Plus, there’s a social and federating function at play. — Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026

Diverse capabilities federating while preserving local identity. — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025