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

Once senior officers had set off on a longboat to seek help in what is now Jakarta, Cornelisz divided the remaining survivors into factions, playing them off against each. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 30 Oct. 2026

No Israeli political party has ever won an outright majority in the Knesset, forcing parliamentary factions to build sometimes unwieldy political alliances. — Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

No single Israeli party has ever won enough seats to control parliament alone, meaning parties generally need to form coalitions with other political factions. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Yet that position, unpopular with factions in both parties, is also unpopular with some inside his deeply loyalist White House. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

When Washington in May designated Brazil’s two largest criminal factions, the First Capital Command and the Red Command, as terrorist organizations, Lula warned the labels could become a pretext for American intervention. — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

But extreme right-wing factions in Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party have insisted that maintaining only males from the male imperial line as eligible to become emperor preserves the authority of the Chrysanthemum Throne. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026

Flávio has promised to designate major criminal factions as terrorist groups, expand prisons and lower the age of criminal responsibility. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

But in late 2024, as the GOP should have been taking a victory lap, two factions of the MAGA movement clashed over H-1B visas. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026