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.
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