Synonym: business, concern, event, festivity, happening, matter, occasion, occurrence, party. Similar words: unfair, fairly, fair play, off and on, faint, staff, affect, fail to. Meaning: [ə'feə] 
n. 1. a vaguely specified concern 2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship 3. a vaguely specified social event.
n. 1. a vaguely specified concern 2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship 3. a vaguely specified social event. 151. Out of respect for the wishes of her family, the affair was not reported in the media.
152. What I do in my free time is my affair.
153. The affair began when customs officials inspected a convoy of 60 tankers.
More similar words: unfair, fairly, fair play, off and on, faint, staff, affect, fail to, can afford, afford to, as a matter of fact, decaffeinated, air, hair, pair, stair, chair, by air, repair, impair, a pair of, airport, in the air, airline, chairman, aircraft, upstairs, airplane, wheelchair, questionnaire.