Synonyms of factions

factions

noun

plural of faction

as in parties

a group of people acting together within a larger group

several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parties
• sides
• sects
• wings
• coalitions
• teams
• blocs
• bodies
• movements
• denominations
• sets
• blocks
• gangs
• splinters
• crews
• splits
• persuasions
• caucuses
• schisms
• packs
• scissions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of factions

Aldermen tested their chances of improving the deal for months, an effort first reported by the Tribune that saw various City Council factions pledge to reject a sale for a host of reasons. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

The result is a fractured country, with the Houthis controlling the capital and the northwest, and the government and allied factions holding much of the south and east. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

While there is no suggestion of any kind of confrontation, there were tensions between different factions in the dressing room as Rosenior’s tenure unravelled. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Castro’s death could also spark the sort of power struggles among factions that usually follow the death of an authoritarian leader. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

In the last decade and a half, a carrousel of feuding political factions took turns governing, all inadequately. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

This movement is composed of various factions, as Laura Field has distilled in her authoritative work Furious Minds. — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

Sinaloa has been engulfed for nearly two years in a bloody conflict between rival factions of the cartel that bears the state’s name. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Her research shows how the struggle to reconcile conflicting factions and form a collective challenge to oppressive beauty standards gained strength. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026