Synonyms for faction
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Sect
part, sect, schism, dissension, side, discord, division, disagreement
Other
splinter, sedition, fringe, fictionalization, fictionalisation UK, autofiction
Definitions
- n. 1
A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
- n. 2
Strife; discord.
Related words
- Word family
- factionalize factionate
- Phrases
- science faction
Forms
- Plural
- factions → cliques, cabals, camps, rings…
Choose the right word
A faction is more extensive than a conspiracy, less formal in organization, less definite in plan. Faction and its adjective, factious, have always an unfavorable sense.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- clique Sami was making his own friends outside Layla's clique.
- cabal Today I learned that the word "cabal" is derived from "Kabballah."
- sect The mutilated bodies of members of the sect were found.
- schism The community underwent a schism.
- fringe I cut my fringe myself, and now it's all jagged.
By length
- 4 letters
- part1, side1, camp1, ring1, sect1
- 5 letters
- party2, cabal2, junto
- 6 letters
- fringe1, clique1, schism2
- 7 letters
- discord2, coterie3
- 8 letters
- division3, splinter2, sedition3
- 9 letters
- camarilla
- 10 letters
- dissension3
- 11 letters
- combination4, autofiction
- 12 letters
- disagreement4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (party2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- faction