Synonyms for affair
əˈfɛəraf·fair

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1. affair

   Conflict is a general word which describes opponents, whether individuals or hosts, as dashed together. One continuous conflict between entire armies is a battle. Another battle may be fought upon the same field after a considerable interval; or a new battle may follow immediately, the armies meeting upon a new field. An action is brief and partial; a battle may last for days. Engagement is a somewhat formal expression for battle; as, it was the commander's purpose to avoid a general engagement. A protracted war, including many battles, may be a stubborn contest. Combat, originally a hostile encounter between individuals, is now used also for extensive engagements. A skirmish is between small detachments or scattered troops. An encounter may be either purposed or accidental, between individuals or armed forces. Fight is a word of less dignity than battle; we should not ordinarily speak of Waterloo as a fight, unless where the word is used in the sense of fighting; as, I was in the thick of the fight.

   Synonyms:
   action, battle, bout, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, passage of arms, skirmish, strife

   Antonyms:
   armistice, concord, peace, suspension of hostilities, truce

   Preposition:
   A battle of giants; battle between armies; a battle for life, against invaders; a battle to the death; the battle of (more rarely at) Marathon.

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1. affair

   Synonyms:
   matter, business, concern, subject, topic, transaction

   Antonyms:
   detail, item, point, feature, circumstance

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1. matter, affair, thingnoun

   a vaguely specified concern

   "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"

   Synonyms:
   issue, liaison, affaire, thing, topic, intimacy, function, social occasion, social function, matter, amour, subject, involvement, occasion

2. affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amournoun

   a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

   Synonyms:
   affaire, social function, engagement, amour, involution, participation, function, matter, inter-group communication, liaison, thing, occasion, involvement, familiarity, social occasion, link, intimacy, closeness, contact, interest

3. affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social functionnoun

   a vaguely specified social event

   "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"

   Synonyms:
   routine, map, subprogram, single-valued function, social function, use, procedure, amour, subroutine, role, function, matter, social occasion, liaison, thing, occasion, involvement, juncture, affaire, part, intimacy, purpose, mathematical function, office, mapping

Matched Categories

1. • Concern
   • Sexual Relationship
   • Social Event

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1. affairnoun

   Synonyms:
   business, concern, matter, circumstance, question, subject

2. affairnoun

   Synonyms:
   event, occurrence, incident, transaction, proceeding, performance

3. affairnoun

   Synonyms:
   battle, engagement, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush

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1. List of paraphrases for "affair":

   adventure, case, matter, liaison, aventure, issue, fling, mistress, bond, conjunction

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1. W. Somerset Maugham:

   Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.

2. Voltaire:

   Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated.

3. Herman Cain:

   I'm not going to drop out because they are recycling the unfounded accusation from nearly eight years ago, i did know her. I don't deny that. I deny an affair.

4. Tammy Nelson:

   Sometimes, an affair is a result of an opportunity that comes at a moment of resentment, of instability in the marriage, or at a time when the cheating partner is feeling like they need an ego boost, however, afterwards, the cheater realizes they feel worse because they have violated their own implicit vow to be faithful, and the guilt usually forces them to confess.

5. Prime Minister Tamam Salam:

   We hope to have closed this chapter of an affair in the shadow of disruptions the country has endured and in the context of a tense political situation.