FACTORY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FACTORY?

Need another word that means the same as “factory”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “factory” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Factory” are: manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill, works, plant, manufacturing complex, manufacturing facility, yard, business unit

Factory as a Noun

Definitions of "Factory" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “factory” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
• A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing.
• An establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country.
• A person or organization that continually produces a great quantity of something specified.

Synonyms of "Factory" as a noun (9 Words)

business unit	A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it.
manufactory	A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing.
manufacturing complex	The act of making something (a product) from raw materials.
manufacturing facility	The act of making something (a product) from raw materials.
manufacturing plant	The act of making something (a product) from raw materials.
mill	The act of grinding to a powder or dust. A mill town.
plant	A small plant as distinct from a shrub or tree. Inadequate investment in new plant.
works	The internal mechanism of a device. The reward for good works.
yard	A square or cubic yard especially of sand or other building materials. It cost two hundred up front one yard for Maurice one for the girl.

Usage Examples of "Factory" as a noun

• The group have become a rock-and-roll hit factory.
• A clothing factory.
• He is chaplain to the British factory at St Petersburg.
• Factory workers.

Associations of "Factory" (30 Words)

arable	Arable land or crops. Open arable fields.
brewery	A place where beer is made commercially. Work continued on the new lager brewery in Alton.
cannery	A factory where food is canned.
create	Create or manufacture a man made product. He was created a baronet.
distillery	A place where spirits are manufactured. Scotland s southernmost malt distillery.
drinking	The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess. He was ordered to cut down his drinking.
fabrication	An invention; a lie. The synthesis and fabrication of single crystals.
fecund	Producing many new ideas. Her fecund imagination.
fecundity	The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring. The immense fecundity of his imagination made a profound impact on European literature.
fertile	Marked by great fruitfulness. The fertile coastal plain.
figment	A thing that someone believes to be real but that exists only in their imagination. A figment of the imagination.
foundry	A workshop or factory for casting metal.
fructify	Make (something) fruitful or productive. They were sacrificed in order that their blood might fructify the crops.
fruitful	Producing good or helpful results; productive. This seed will grow into a lovely fruitful tree.
gin	Separate the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin. Gin game.
industry	Hard work. The kitchen became a hive of industry.
liquor	An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented. Waste liquors.
make	Make by combining materials and parts. Make a move.
manufacture	Manufactured articles. Julia manufactured a smile.
manufacturer	A person or company that makes goods for sale. The manufacturers supply the goods to the distribution centre.
manufacturing	The act of making something (a product) from raw materials. Manufacturing is vital to Great Britain.
mechanize	Make mechanical. If your work becomes too mechanized change jobs.
prevarication	The deliberate act of deviating from the truth.
produce	Create or manufacture a man-made product. The Bordeaux region produces great red wines.
producer	A person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the making of a film or broadcast or for staging a play, opera, etc. A record producer.
productive	Producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly. A productive vineyard.
prolific	(of a sports player) high-scoring. A prolific pear tree.
sawmill	A mill for dressing logs and lumber.
scotch	A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally. Feudal power in France was scotched though far from killed.
tannery	A place where animal hides are tanned; the workshop of a tanner.