Confederate States con·fe·de·ratestates uncommon noun 1. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 SynonymsConfederacyConfederate StatesConfederate States of AmericaSouthDixieDixieland Related words Word family Confederate States of America Broader terms geographical area Part of slave stateAlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMississippiMissouri WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.