factor

The word “factor” has 2 syllables: fac-tor

It's pronounced as /ˈfæktər/


What is synonym and antonym for factor?

In the thesaurus, “factor” has 20 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for factor along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for factor

  • agent
  • aspect
  • attorney
  • cause
  • circumstance
  • component
  • consideration
  • delegate
  • deputy
  • element
  • influence
  • ingredient
  • manager
  • member
  • minister
  • part
  • point
  • proxy
  • representative
  • thing

Antonyms for factor

  • compound
  • mass
  • sum
  • total
  • whole

Meanings of factor

  • noun
    1. A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
    2. An agent or representative.
    3. A commission agent.
    4. A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
    5. A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
    6. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
    7. Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
    8. (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
    9. A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
    10. A steward or bailiff of an estate.
  • verb
    1. To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
    2. (of a number or other mathematical object) To be a product of other objects.
    3. (commercial) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.

Example Sentences

  • The weather proved to be a significant factor in the success of the outdoor event.
  • A positive attitude can be a crucial factor in overcoming life's challenges.
  • Economic stability is often influenced by the global market factor.
  • Time management is a key factor for success in any project.
  • Personal motivation plays a vital factor in achieving fitness goals.

On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to factor, such as: agent, aspect, attorney, cause, circumstance, component, compound.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ABCs

  • account
  • affidavit
  • allegation
  • alphabet
  • amount
  • announcement
  • article
  • assurance
  • authority
  • base
  • basis
  • bedrock
  • bottom line
  • catalog
  • characterization
  • charge
  • clue
  • comment
  • component
  • condition
  • confession
  • cornerstone
  • definition
  • depiction
  • description
  • design
  • detail
  • directory
  • effect
  • element
  • elemental
  • elements
  • essence
  • explanation
  • fact
  • factor
  • foundation
  • fundamental
  • grammar
  • groundwork
  • guidebook
  • handbook
  • history
  • information
  • infrastructure
  • justification
  • key
  • law
  • manual
  • meat
  • must
  • narration
  • narrative
  • part
  • philosophy
  • picture
  • plan
  • portrayal
  • precondition
  • preparation
  • prerequisite
  • presentation
  • principle
  • principles
  • proclamation
  • rationale
  • remark
  • report
  • requirement
  • requisite
  • rudimentary
  • schedule
  • sign
  • significance
  • sketch
  • statement
  • story
  • straightforward
  • strength
  • structure
  • stuff
  • subject
  • summary
  • support
  • syntax
  • tale
  • testimony
  • thing
  • underlying
  • version
  • word

abysmally

  • atrociously
  • awfully
  • bad
  • badly
  • damnably
  • deplorably
  • disastrously
  • dreadfully
  • horrendously
  • horribly
  • horrifically
  • inadequately
  • poorly
  • terribly
  • unsatisfactorily

acceptability

  • adequacy
  • amplitude
  • appropriateness
  • character
  • fame
  • fitness
  • goodness
  • honor
  • influence
  • name
  • notoriety
  • opinion
  • position
  • prestige
  • prominence
  • qualification
  • renown
  • satisfactoriness
  • standing
  • stature
  • sufficiency
  • suitability

acceptable

acceptably

  • abundantly
  • adequately
  • admirably
  • alright
  • appropriately
  • attractively
  • beautifully
  • competently
  • decently
  • extensively
  • fine
  • finely
  • generously
  • good
  • happily
  • lavishly
  • liberally
  • nicely
  • ok
  • okay
  • perfectly
  • pleasantly
  • properly
  • respectably
  • richly
  • satisfactorily
  • sufficiently
  • well

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