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Synonyms for affair
əˈfɛər
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Princeton's WordNet
matter, affair, thing(noun)
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, amour(noun)
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
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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 function(noun)
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
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
affair(n.)
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business, concern, matter, circumstance, question, subjectaffair(n.)
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event, occurrence, incident, transaction, proceeding, performanceaffair(n.)
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battle, engagement, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#61 | use | |
#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?
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes the whole universe for a vast practical joke.
You burn with the flames of desire for someone that doesn’t notice or pay attention. Your love affair has not even begun and the flames are now burning into your soul. You can douse the flames; you must first walk away. Only then can you be transformed.
Oil prices should eventually resume their upward journey but it will be a subdued affair with the huge stock overhang tempering gains until the end of next year at the very least.
I would expect that the FCA will take a hard look at Link's role in this affair, they will be asking themselves whether this is another case of firms taking an overly technical tick-box approach to regulation without proper regard for the spirit and intention of the rules.
The need for effective regional action to combat the crisis is clear, yet our leaders have consistently failed to act, they hide behind the arcane and ultimately destructive policy of non-interference, repeating the demonstrably false claim that the Myanmar government's persecution of Rohingya is an 'internal affair'.
Translations for affair
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- علاقة غراميةArabic
- връзка, работа, дело, схватка, въпросBulgarian
- záležitost, poměrCzech
- Ding, Beziehung, Angelegenheit, Affäre, ScharmützelGerman
- θέμα, υπόθεση, συμπλοκή, ζήτημα, πατέντα, ερωτοδουλειά, ερωτική σχέσηGreek
- aĵo, aferoEsperanto
- asunto, amorío, aventura, negocioSpanish
- esine, syrjähyppy, asia, selkkausFinnish
- liaison, aventureFrench
- פרשה, רומןHebrew
- affareItalian
- 情事, 恋愛関係, 事件, 不倫Japanese
- ಸಂಬಂಧKannada
- 불륜Korean
- sakNorwegian
- romansPolish
- negócio, caso, afazer, coisaPortuguese
- afacereRomanian
- интрига, роман, афера, боестолкновение, связь, схваткаRussian
- aferaSerbo-Croatian
- விவகாரம்Tamil
- indaba, udabaZulu
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