Affair

What do we mean by affair?

Something done or experienced; a matter or event. noun

A matter of personal concern. noun

A matter causing public scandal and controversy. noun

A social function. noun

Transactions and other matters of professional or public business. noun

Personal business. noun

An object or a contrivance. noun

A sexual relationship between two people, especially when at least one of them is married or in another committed romantic relationship. noun

Anything done or to be done; that which requires action or effort; a moving interest; business; concern: as, this is an affair of great moment; a man of affairs; affairs of state. noun

Plural Matters of interest or concern; particular doings or interests; specifically, pecuniary interests or relations: as, to meddle with a neighbor's affairs; his affairs are in an embarrassed state. noun

An event or a performance; a particular action, operation, or proceeding; military, a partial or minor engagement or contest; a skirmish: as, when did this affair happen: an affair of honor, or of outposts. noun

A private or personal concern; a special function, business, or duty. noun

Thing; matter; concern: applied to anything made or existing, with a descriptive or qualifying term: as, this machine is a complicated affair; his anger is an affair of no consequence. noun

Endeavor; attempt. noun

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern noun

Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely. noun

An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. noun

Action; endeavor. noun

(often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.

Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.

An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

A material object (vaguely designated).

An adulterous relationship. (from affaire de cœur).

A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.

The (male or female) genitals.

Words that are spelled similarly to affair:
affair, afair.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word affair:
scandal, pregnant, divorce, mistress, lover, divorced, marry, relationship, husband, marriage, wife, woman, tells, asks, wedding, secret, boss.

Words that rhyme with affair:
bear, care, air, flare, tear, fair, chair, wear, square, fare, share, despair, there, hair, bare, spare, aware, healthcare, pair, where, software, rare, dare, compare, welfare, flair, hare, swear, pear, ware, their, repair, declare, ere, hardware, err, prayer, heir, impair, stare, mare, pare, prepare, bair, lair, glare, snare, daycare, scare, warfare, questionnaire, debonair, nowhere, faire, laissez faire, nightmare, mer, childcare, fanfare, dispair, forebear, beware, everywhere, health care, solitaire, aer, unfair, ensnare, extraordinaire, lare, malware, eyre, unaware, blare, stair, thoroughfare, claire, anywhere, threadbare, blair, clair, forswear, underwear, elsewhere, guerre, footwear, cookware, gare, cher, doctrinaire, armchair, medicare, mohair, millionaire, altair, terre, delaware, airfare, day care, earthenware.

Adjectives that are often used to describe affair:
whole, private, serious, simple, entire, unfortunate, unhappy, personal, internal, extramarital, brief, sad, grand, complicated, complex, passionate, illicit, strange, watergate, big, secret, formal, brilliant, sided, annual, day, adulterous, elaborate, tragic, costly, delicate, mysterious, domestic, terrible, dull, casual, mere, sordid, miserable, curious, difficult, quiet, clandestine, disastrous, extraordinary, romantic, unpleasant, bloody, everyday, way, disgraceful, easy, trifling, modest, temporary, gala, expensive, contra, called, huge, sorry, minor, torrid, wretched, famous, trivial, tame, splendid, scandalous, haphazard, horrible, melancholy, pleasant, routine.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective affair:
proof, number.

Consonant match to affair:
afore, afar, afire, affaire, ephor, ophir, afair, affeer, upher, ifor, ifere, off air, a fair, a fear, a for, a four, ah for, ah four, aw for, awe for, e for, e four, ee for, f fear, ha for, half fear, he for, hee for, huff for, huff or, o far, o fear, off fear, off for, off fore, off four, off or, owe far, uh for.

Words that sound like affair:
affair, afair, affaire, ophir, afar, afire, afore, affor, afor, a fire, unfair, affairs, afer, afr, aflare, affaires, ofir, afir, the fair, ifor, kaffir, affiche, the fear, avir, uffa, yfere, aware, sphere, afford, jafar, safire, airfare, safar, iftar, zafar, jaffar, athar, up for, afy, dufour, a r, afara, effler, the fire, efter, afua, ephor, alair, ghafar, afu, appair, kuffar, jaafar, afec, efor, afars, avare, puffier, avower, refar, acere, epher, if ever, the four, tofore, affineur, afoa, infare, after, offer, mayfair, ofer, ofter, ofr, aftr, wayfare, no fair, offerer, sfar, sfor, iere, afear, cfar, afshar, ifr, offre, offeror, offrir, sfur, affear, eifer, kfar, after-, uair, ahir, afid, afin, afit, agir, afis.