affair synonyms

affair

n.

  1. Business; often plural

    concern, business, responsibility, matter, duty, topic, subject, case, circumstance, thing, question, office, function, transaction, proceeding, operation, activity, private concern, personal business, calling, employment, occupation, profession, pursuit, obligation, job, province, realm, interest, mission, assignment, task, undertaking.

  2. An illicit love affair

    liaison, rendezvous, intrigue, amour, affaire, intimacy, romance, relationship, love affair, affair of the heart, affaire d'amour, affaire de coeur (both French), entanglement, dalliance, fling*.

  3. Party

    entertainment, gathering, function, occasion; see party 1.

  4. A thing or event

    occurrence, matter, case, incident; see event 1, thing 8.

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