FACTION Synonyms

• a group of countries in special alliance

• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

• the state of being combined into one body

• the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

• an army unit large enough to sustain combat

• one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

• the act or process of dividing

• an administrative unit in government or business

• discord that splits a group

• a league ranked by quality

• (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

• (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

• a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

• a group of ships of similar type

• an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

• any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse

• arrange into a group or groups

• form a group or group together

• an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

• an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action

• an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)

• unite to form a league

• a group of people who work together

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business

• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically

• the act of forming or establishing something

• an organization to gain political power

• a gathering of people for pleasure

• a band of people associated temporarily in some activity

• an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment

• a person involved in legal proceedings

• have or participate in a party

• a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

• a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

• engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

• a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

• a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

• a subdivision of a larger religious group

• a dissenting clique