Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)factoranything that contributes causally to a result“a number of factors determined the outcome” (n)component, constituent, element, factor, ingredientan abstract part of something“jealousy was a component of his character”,
“two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony”,
“the grammatical elements of a sentence”,
“a key factor in her success”,
“humor: an effective ingredient of a speech” (n)divisor, factorone of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer“what are the 4 factors of 6?” (n)agent, factor, brokera businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission (n)factorany of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together (n)factoran independent variable in statistics (n)gene, cistron, factor(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity“genes were formerly called factors” Verbs
(v)factorbe a contributing factor“make things factor into a company's profitability” 