Synonyms for factory
ˈfæk tə ri, -trifac·to·ry

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. factorynoun

   Synonyms:
   manufactory

2. factorynoun

   A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

   Synonyms:
   manufactory

3. factorynoun

   The position or state of being a factor.

   Synonyms:
   manufactory

4. factorynoun

   A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

   Synonyms:
   manufactory

5. factorynoun

   A device which produces or manufactures something.

   Synonyms:
   manufactory

6. factorynoun

   In a computer program or library, a function or method which creates an object.

   Synonyms:
   manufactory

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.8 / 4 votes

1. factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactorynoun

   a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing plant, pulverisation, milling machinery, manufactory, grinder, grind, pulverization, mill

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1. factorynoun

   Synonyms:
   residence of factors

2. factorynoun

   Synonyms:
   body of factors

3. factorynoun

   Synonyms:
   manufactory, mill, manufacturing establishment

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. factorynoun

   Synonyms:
   manufactory, shop, plant, mill

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "factory":

   plant, factories, mill, fábrica, usine, manufactures, fabrique, plants, facility

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1. Geert Laugs:

   The intensive conditions in factory farming provide a pressure cooker in which diseases like avian flu can spread very easily and can also evolve very easily.

2. Professor Jonas Buchli:

   The construction site for us, as a robotics researcher, is an interesting environment because it somewhere in between the completely planned and controlled environment of a factory or a lab floor, and the completely chaotic environment of outdoors, so it's kind of a semi-structured environment where we can test and develop the technology that is required for robots to move around and do useful things in such environments.

3. Beatrice Dixon:

   There are only so many machines in a factory and you can't go and get a new manufacturer easily, we were out of stock for weeks online, and we lost money.

4. Jeff Lewis:

   The expansion of the factory may represent a growing capability of North Korea to produce these trucks domestically.

5. Stephanie Meeks:

   This year's list is our most diverse ever, and reflects our commitment to recognizing and preserving all the facets of our diverse history, from the LGBTQ history of the Factory in California to the Cuban-American heritage of Miami's Little Havana to the civil rights legacy of the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, these sites tell American stories that have been overlooked for too long.