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Synonyms for affair
əˈfɛəraf·fair
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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action, battle, bout, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, passage of arms, skirmish, strifeAntonyms:
armistice, concord, peace, suspension of hostilities, trucePreposition:
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.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
matter, affair, thingnoun
a vaguely specified concern
"several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
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issue, liaison, affaire, thing, topic, intimacy, function, social occasion, social function, matter, amour, subject, involvement, occasionaffair, 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, interestaffair, 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"
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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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
affairnoun
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business, concern, matter, circumstance, question, subjectaffairnoun
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event, occurrence, incident, transaction, proceeding, performanceaffairnoun
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battle, engagement, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush
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#69 | contact | |
#71 | business | |
#197 | map | |
#207 | part | |
#241 | office | |
#259 | subject | |
#282 | link | |
#287 | case | |
#473 | action | |
#524 | topic | |
#604 | issue | |
#653 | interest | |
#823 | thing | |
#853 | function | |
#1093 | role | |
#1211 | matter | |
#1258 | purpose | |
#2230 | procedure | |
#2310 | adventure | |
#2541 | battle | |
#2575 | fight | |
#2802 | participation | |
#3106 | conflict | |
#3115 | concern | |
#3261 | bond | |
#3442 | transaction | |
#3575 | contest | |
#3725 | mapping | |
#4523 | involvement | |
#4575 | combat | |
#5269 | routine | |
#5463 | occasion | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#6889 | conjunction | |
#7692 | mistress | |
#7693 | encounter | |
#9420 | affair | |
#10032 | liaison | |
#12920 | bout | |
#18908 | familiarity | |
#18966 | subroutine | |
#20144 | intimacy | |
#22090 | amour | |
#24177 | strife | |
#32886 | fling | |
#39155 | closeness | |
#42046 | juncture | |
#48737 | skirmish | |
#62455 | aventure | |
#67601 | subprogram | |
#76480 | affaire | |
#77402 | involution |
How to use affair in a sentence?
After the Festina affair in 1998, the 1999 Tour which was supposed to be the tour of renewal. In that tour, Lance Armstrong had a positive test for cortisone, which was covered up by the UCI.
We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.
Golf is very much like a love affair, if you don't take it seriously, it's no fun, if you do, it breaks your heart. Don't break your heart, but flirt with the possibility.
Philip Athill was Philip Athill and an observer, philip Athill was illegitimate and was brought up largely by Philip Athill mother in France, and it later emerged that Philip Athill was gay when Philip Athill had an affair with a male Swedish film star.
Our worry is that leadership in Nigeria seems to be a 'do or die' affair. That level of desperation is a problem.
Translations for affair
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- علاقة غراميةArabic
- въпрос, схватка, връзка, дело, работаBulgarian
- poměr, záležitostCzech
- Ding, Scharmützel, Affäre, Angelegenheit, BeziehungGerman
- ερωτοδουλειά, συμπλοκή, ζήτημα, πατέντα, υπόθεση, ερωτική σχέση, θέμαGreek
- aĵo, aferoEsperanto
- amorío, asunto, aventura, negocioSpanish
- esine, selkkaus, asia, syrjähyppyFinnish
- liaison, aventureFrench
- רומן, פרשהHebrew
- affareItalian
- 恋愛関係, 不倫, 事件, 情事Japanese
- ಸಂಬಂಧKannada
- 불륜Korean
- sakNorwegian
- romansPolish
- caso, negócio, afazer, coisaPortuguese
- afacereRomanian
- афера, схватка, связь, боестолкновение, интрига, романRussian
- aferaSerbo-Croatian
- விவகாரம்Tamil
- udaba, indabaZulu
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