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factor

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of factor

1 a person who acts or does business for another

at the auction the high bidder for the painting was actually a factor for a wealthy art collector

Synonyms of factor

agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, minister, procurator, proxy, rep, representative

Words Related to factor

ambassador, diplomat, diplomatist, emissary, foreign minister, legate, plenipotentiary

alternate, backup, pinch hitter, relief, replacement, stand-in, sub, substitute, surrogate, understudy

informer, operative, spy

broker, distributor, manager

arbiter, arbitrator, comprador (or compradore), conciliator, go-between, intercessor, intermediary, interposer, liaison, mediator, middleman, peacemaker

mouthpiece, point man, point person, prophet, speaker, spokesman, spokesperson

2 one of the parts that make up a whole

price was only one factor in my decision to buy the car

Synonyms of factor

building block, component, constituent, element, ingredient, member

Words Related to factor

basis, part and parcel

detail, item, particular, point

aspect, characteristic, facet, feature, trait

division, fragment, particle, partition, piece, portion, section, sector, segment

Near Antonyms of factor

aggregate, composite, compound, mass

entirety, sum, summation, total, totality

admixture, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combination, intermixture, mix, mixture

Antonyms of factor

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