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Another word for affair

NOUN

  1. Something to be done, considered, or dealt with

    See also:

    thing

  2. A large or important social gathering

    See also:

    work

    group

  3. Something that concerns or involves one personally

    See also:

    relevant

  4. An intimate sexual relationship between two people

    See also:

    sex

    love

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for affair

NOUN

  1. Business; often plural

  2. An illicit love affair

  3. Party

    See also:

    party

  4. A thing or event

    See also:

    thing

    event

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • Maybe she was having an affair with the butcher.

  • It is your affair, not mine.

  • The entire affair was a damn soap opera.

  • The affair of the games has an important bearing on his date.

  • Come, you must own that this affair of the Thabor Bridge is delightful!

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