Noun

• S: (n) factor (anything that contributes causally to a result)
• S: (n) component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient (an abstract part of something)
• S: (n) divisor, factor (one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer)
• S: (n) agent, factor, broker (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)
• S: (n) factor (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together)
• S: (n) factor (an independent variable in statistics)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) independent variable, experimental variable ((statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables)
• S: (n) variable, variable quantity (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values)
• S: (n) quantity (the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable)
• S: (n) concept, conception, construct (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)
• S: (n) idea, thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)
• S: (n) content, cognitive content, mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
• S: (n) cognition, knowledge, noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (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)

Verb

• S: (v) factor, factor in, factor out (resolve into factors)
• S: (v) factor (be a contributing factor)
• S: (v) factor, factor in, factor out (consider as relevant when making a decision)