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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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Matthew Prescott:

   Props to Panera for focusing on more plant-based proteins and for getting chickens out of cruel cages, americans are eating more plant-based foods than ever and avoiding the worst factory farm abuses.

2. Thomas Weber:

   We need more than only one battery factory.

3. Nadiya Savchenko:

   Not one chocolate factory has been turned into a bullet factory.

4. Ellen DeGeneres:

   I was coming home from kindergarten--well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It's good for a kid to know how to make gloves.

5. Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen:

   I no longer feel uncomfortable when I tell people that I'm a factory worker, fashion follows history.