affair

Nouns

(n) a vaguely specified concern
- several matters to attend to
- it is none of your affair
- things are going well
matter, thing,
(n) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship affaire, amour, liaison, intimacy, involvement,
(n) 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
social function, social occasion, occasion, function,

Synonyms

matter thing affaire amour liaison intimacy involvement social function social occasion occasion function

Words of close approximity

affaire affaire d'honneur affairs