| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smallest living organism |
Synonyms: |
bacterium, cellule, corpuscle, egg, embryo, follicle, germ, haematid, microorganism, spore, unit, utricle, vacuole |
| Notes: | a cell is a small compartment or the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, while sell means to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small room, container |
Synonyms: |
alcove, antechamber, apartment, bastille, booth, burrow, cage, cavity, chamber, cloister, closet, compartment, coop, crib, crypt, cubicle, den, dungeon, hold, hole, keep, lockup, nook, pen, receptacle, recess, retreat, stall, tower, vault |
| Main Entry: | chamber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small compartment, room |
Synonyms: |
alcove, antechamber, apartment, bedchamber, bedroom, box, case, cavity, cell, chest, container, cubicle, enclosure, flat, hall, hollow, lodging, pocket, room, socket |
| Main Entry: | cloister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secluded religious place |
Synonyms: |
abbey, cell, chapter house, convent, friary, hermitage, house, lamasery, monastery, nunnery, order, priorate, priory, religious community, retreat, sanctuary |
| Main Entry: | compartment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section, subdivision |
Synonyms: |
alcove, area, bay, berth, booth, carrel, carriage, category, cell, chamber, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, department, division, hole, locker, niche, nook, part, piece, pigeonhole, place, portion, slot, stall |
| Main Entry: | crypt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial place |
Synonyms: |
catacomb, cave, cavern, cell, chamber, compartment, grave, grotto, mausoleum, room, sepulcher, tomb, undercroft, vault |
| Main Entry: | cubicle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | office compartment |
Synonyms: |
booth, cell, chamber, cubbyhole, desk, nook, office, pigeonhole, room, stall, work area |
| Main Entry: | dungeon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prison |
Synonyms: |
cell, oubliette, torture chamber, vault |
| Main Entry: | enclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area bounded by something |
Synonyms: |
asylum, aviary, bowl, building, cage, camp, cell, close, coliseum, coop, corral, court, courtyard, den, dungeon, garden, ghetto, hutch, jail, pale, park, patch, pen, place, plot, pound, precinct, prison, quad, quadrangle, region, room, stadium, stockade, sty, vault, walk, yard, zone |
Antonyms: |
open |
| Main Entry: | faction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group sharing a belief or cause |
Synonyms: |
band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, combo, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, division, entente, gang, guild, insiders, intrigue, junta, knot, lobby, machine, minority, mob, network, offshoot, outfit, partnership, party, pressure group, ring, schism, sect, section, sector, set, side, splinter group, team, unit, wing |
| Notes: | a faction is a group of people forming a cohesive, usually contentious, minority from within a larger group; a fraction is a small part or item of something forming a piece of a whole |
Antonyms: |
entirety, total, whole |