faction
nounHow many syllables in faction?
There are 2 syllables in the word faction.How to pronounce faction:
Definition of faction:
- faction (noun):
- a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue.
- a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking clique
- a small group of people within a larger body, but differing from it in certain aims and ideas
Synonyms for faction:
bloc
block
body
cabal
cabalist
camarilla
camp
caucus
clique
coalition
combination
confederacy
contingent
coterie
denomination
division
gang
ginger group
group
ingroup
inner circle
junta
junto
lobby
minority
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Antonyms for faction:
accord
agreement
belief
calm
concord
concordance
concurrence
conformity
cooperation
division
entirety
happiness
harmony
individual
liking
love
one
orthodoxy
peace
pleasure
separation
single
success
total
truce
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- background
- hostess
- foreleg
- basis
- fishing
- minding
- passeth
- misquote
- dirges
- missend
- bulging
- pawner
- caking
- margent
- Cliffton
- wheelchair
- crater
- Archard
- mileage
- weary
- girlfriend
- reaper
- faces
- lately
- embrace
- destroy
- bitches
- baddie
- hurry
- despair
- ally
- shaking
- sorry
- twenty
- gadget
- letters
- mother
- finder
- any
- into
- prosist
- cluttered
- jotham
- hughie
- slowly
- deeply
- scanner
- murder
- intense
- spryly
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