Faction
Faction noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.
Usage example: several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area
Side is a synonym for faction in clique topic. In some cases you can use "Side" instead a noun "Faction", when it comes to topics like group sharing a belief or cause.
Side
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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However, it does not play any specific side or faction as good or evil, treating the drow (and other races) as individuals rather than a Species of Hats.
Source: Webcomic / Drowtales -
The Medic: Zee, to everyone, regardless of what their side or faction is.
Source: Comic Book / DMZ -
Every side and faction in the story embraces methods that are normally horrifying and even downright wrong, including the heroes, although some are more evil than others, and it's all in the service of their own causes.
Source: Godzilla Threshold
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Side and Faction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/faction/side
Faction & Side. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/faction/side>.
Side or Faction. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/faction/side.
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