Affair
Affair noun - Something that happens.
Usage example: the whole affair from start to finish took a total of 15 minutes
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Episode
Episode noun - Something that happens.
Usage example: the episode in which the Native American Samoset walked into Plymouth Plantation and surprised the Pilgrims with the greeting, “Welcome, Englishman”
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Affair is a synonym for episode in event topic. You can use "Affair" instead a noun "Episode", if it concerns topics such as matter, incident, adventure. popular alternative
Nearby Words: episodic, episodically
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- In the first episode of Vexed, Kate physically attacks her husband when she (wrongly) thinks he's having an affair, resulting in him spending the whole of the second episode on crutches.
- Telepathy Shoujo Ran hints at becoming a rather dark affair in its first episode.
Source: Non-Indicative First Episode -
There is an episode where Lois has an affair with Meg's new boyfriend, except that Lois is the one who instigates the affair.
Source: Stacy's Mom
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Episode and Affair. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affair/episode
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