affair
noun
[ əˈfɛː ]
• an event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to.
• "the board admitted responsibility for the affair"
Similar:
event,
incident,
happening,
occurrence,
phenomenon,
eventuality,
episode,
interlude,
circumstance,
set of circumstances,
adventure,
experience,
case,
matter,
business,
thing,
proceedings,
• a sexual relationship between two people, one or both of whom are married to someone else.
• "his wife is having an affair"
Similar:
relationship,
love affair,
romance,
fling,
flirtation,
dalliance,
liaison,
entanglement,
romantic entanglement,
involvement,
attachment,
affair of the heart,
intrigue,
relations,
affaire,
affaire de/du cœur,
amour,
hanky-panky,
carry-on,
• an object of a particular type.
• "her dress was a black low-cut affair"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French afaire, from à faire ‘to do’; compare with ado.
