Synonyms of the word

affair

• n. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional,…
• n. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
• n. (military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
• n. A material object (vaguely designated).
• n. An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur).
• n. A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
• n. (slang, now rare) The (male or female) genitals.

amour

• n. (obsolete) Love, affection.
• n. Courtship; flirtation.
• n. A love affair.
• n. A lover.

concern

• n. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before…
• n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
• n. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
• n. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
• v. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of;…
• v. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
• v. (transitive) To make somebody worried.

function

• n. What something does or is used for.
• n. A professional or official position.
• n. An official or social occasion.
• n. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
• n. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of…
• n. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
• n. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
• n. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
• n. (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
• v. (intransitive) to have a function.
• v. (intransitive) to carry on a function; to be in action.

intimacy

• n. (uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily…
• n. (countable) Intimate relationship.
• n. (countable, especially plural) Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information.

involvement

• n. The act of involving, or the state of being involved.

liaison

• n. Communication between two parties or groups.
• n. Co-operation, working together.
• n. A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
• n. A tryst, romantic meeting.
• n. (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
• n. (linguistics) The phonological fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs, for…
• v. (proscribed) To liaise.

matter

• n. Substance, material.
• n. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
• n. An approximate amount or extent.
• n. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
• n. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
• n. (dated) Pus.
• v. (intransitive) To be important.
• v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
• v. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

occasion

• n. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
• n. The time when something happens.
• n. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
• n. Something which causes something else; a cause.
• n. (obsolete) An occurrence or incident.
• n. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
• n. Need; requirement, necessity.
• n. A special event or function.
• n. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
• v. (transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce.

thing

• n. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
• n. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
• n. An individual object or distinct entity.
• n. (informal) Something that is normal or generally recognised.
• n. (law).
• n. (somewhat dated) The latest fad or fashion.
• n. (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
• n. (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
• n. (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
• n. (slang) A penis.
• n. A living being or creature.
• n. That which matters; the crux.
• n. Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
• n. (informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.).
• n. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
• v. (rare) To express as a thing; to reify.