Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government;
2.
an advocate of federalism;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Federalist \Fed"er*al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]d['e]raliste.]
An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a
friend of the Constitution of the United States at its
formation and adoption; a member of the political party which
favored the administration of president Washington.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Federalist
n 1: a member of a former political party in the United States
that favored a strong centralized federal government
2: an advocate of federalism
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "federalist":
absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous,
bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic,
dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalistic, governmental,
gubernatorial, heteronomous, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal,
monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal,
oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal,
patriarchic, pluralistic, political, republican, self-governing,
theocratic, totalitarian