- 2. Tumult, turbulence, turbulency, disorder, sedition, seditiousness, refractoriness, recalcitration, discord,
dissension, disagreement.
Factious, a.
- 1. Turbulent, seditious, refractory, recalcitrant, rebellious, given to faction.
- 2. Full of faction, proceeding from faction, seditious, rebellious.
Factitious, a. Artificial, made by art, not natural.
Factor, n.
- 1. Agent, substitute, consignee, middleman, go-between, broker, commission merchant.
- 2. (Math.) Divisor, element of a product.
- 3. Constituent, constitutive element, determining element or circumstance or influence.
Factor, v. a. Resolve into factors, find the factors of.
Factory, n.
- 1. Residence of factors.
- 2. Body of factors.
- 3. Manufactory, mill, manufacturing establishment.
Factotum, n. Doer of all work, jack-at-all-trades.
Faculty, n.
- 1. Power, capability, ability, capacity, endowment, property, quality.
- 2. Skill, skilfulness, ability, ableness, power, capacity, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, address, ingenuity,
competency, cleverness, aptitude, aptness, knack, turn, quickness, readiness, facility, talent, forte.
- 3. Department, profession, body (of a learned profession, especially medicine).
- 4. Body of professors, officers of instruction (in a university or college).
- 5. (Law.) Privilege, license, right.