Definition for Affair:

• A lawsuit, or a matter. Also known as a love relationship that is usually not marital.

Synonyms for Affair:

• n.

  •
  • case,
  • obligation,
  • proceeding,
  • responsibility,
  • question,
  • duty.
  •
  • intrigue.
  •
  • incident.
  •
  • celebration,
  • work,
  • DO.
  •
  • article,
  • lookout,
  • object,
  • item.
  •affair (noun)
  • intimacy,
  • liaison,
  • involvement,
  • affaire,
  • social occasion.
  •business (noun)
  • corporation,
  • commerce,
  • selling,
  • company,
  • consortium,
  • trade,
  • retailing,
  • employment,
  • venture,
  • labor,
  • assignment,
  • exchange,
  • busy work,
  • management,
  • negotiation,
  • commission,
  • proprietorship,
  • livelihood,
  • profession,
  • practice,
  • barter,
  • interest,
  • vocation,
  • posting,
  • station,
  • market,
  • industry,
  • establishment,
  • activity,
  • position,
  • service,
  • firm,
  • calling,
  • situation,
  • holding,
  • partnership,
  • career,
  • specialty,
  • merchant.
  •illicit sexual relationship (noun)
  • two-timing,
  • thing together,
  • goings-on,
  • extracurricular activity,
  • playing around.
  •love affair (noun)
  • triangle,
  • forbidden love,
  • illicit love,
  • affaire de coeur.
  •matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity (noun)
  • hap,
  • task,
  • pursuit,
  • avocation,
  • office function.
  •shindig (noun)
  • social gathering.
  •venture (noun)
  • endeavor,
  • exploit,
  • deed,
  • feat,
  • campaign,
  • maneuver,
  • adventure,
  • scheme,
  • performance,
  • initiative,
  • production,
  • procedure.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • deceive,
  • unfaithful,
  • two-time,
  • infidelity,
  • dalliance,
  • party,
  • courtship,
  • Adulterer.
  •
  • faithful,
  • fete,
  • gala.
  •
  • bash,
  • festivity.
  •incident
  • happening.

Paraphrases for Affair:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    matter, matters.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    matter, matters.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    'affaire.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Iraqis, affaire, affaires.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    situation, lover, file, episode, point, bond, regard, conjunction, bonding, venture.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    affairs, case, cases.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dossier, mistress, thing, fling, liaison, romance, question, topic, history, linkage, problem, case, saga.

Antonyms for Affair:

• n.

  • illicit sexual relationship
    dislike, hate, hatred.
  • matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity
    avocation, fun, hobby, surrender, irresponsibility, entertainment.
  • Other antonyms:
    armistice, peace, truce, concord.

Homophones for Affair:

• affray, au pair, apiary, appro, apery, afire, afro, appear, aver, averrhoa, aperea, abor, a priori, avower, aviary, apr, apar, affaire, abhor, aper, abhorrer.

Hypernym for Affair:

• n.

  • cognition
    least.

Hyponym for Affair:

• n.

  • cognition
    concern.