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. Barbara Howar:

   There is nothing better for the spirit or the body than a love affair. It elevates the thoughts and flattens the stomachs.

2. Tanaka Vercher:

   Right now the perception is — whether it’s true or not — that this affair occurred on taxpayers ’ dime.

3. Neil Saunders:

   Black Friday has definitely transitioned more into a digital affair in the past five years, the focal point is not that single day anymore. It's an event spread out over several days.

4. Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche:

   But with the VW affair, there is nothing else to do.

5. Paul Francois:

   Maybe we'll lose against Monsanto but the real victory for me is that I have converted my 200-hectare farm to organic production, this affair made me open my eyes and move towards a different kind of agriculture.