Antonyms for factor


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fak-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæk tər


Definition of factor

Origin :
  • early 15c., "agent, deputy," from Middle French facteur "agent, representative," from Latin factor "doer or maker," agent noun from past participle stem of facere "to do" (see factitious). Sense of "circumstance producing a result" is from 1816.
  • noun determinant
Example sentences :
  • It exists, and goes forward, becoming a factor in the thought-life of our time.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • And this brings me to an important factor in the case: the factor of evolution.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • Time is, therefore, not a factor in the mutation of species.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • It was warm and comfortable, and he was playing cribbage with the Factor.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • The other factor depended on the vexed question of means of communication.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • But there was one factor we had entirely forgotten to reckon.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • The inertia of the meteor has persisted, not as energy, but as a factor of energy.
  • Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
  • So the factor had had his sign, and had looked upon his disembodied soul with his own eyes.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • The “Crime of Ignorance” is a factor in league with the forces of destruction.
  • Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius
  • This interest on the part of the whites is a factor which must be considered.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey

Synonyms for factor

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