Affair and Work

Affair

Affair noun - Something produced by physical or intellectual effort.
Usage example: the lead float in the parade was a pretty impressive affair, a giant eagle's head with equally huge wings
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Affair

Work and affair are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a noun "Affair".

Work

Work noun - Something produced by physical or intellectual effort.
Usage example: the new Web application is the work of a pair of young but highly gifted programmers

Affair and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affair" instead a noun "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

How words are described

physical physical affair physical work
usual usual affair usual work
short short affair short work
actual actual affair actual work
Other adjectives: entire, serious, little, past, solo, latest, said, previous.

Both words in one sentence

  • Shapeshifting Lover Their love is doomed, though not for the usual reasons this sort of affair doesn't work out.
  • Courtly Love Even when it was popular, it didn't always work that way; Lancelot's love for Guinevere started as Courtly Love but developed into a different sort of affair.
    Source: Courtly Love
  • Theatre / The Last Five Years This work provides examples of: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder: Jamie starts his affair whilst Cathy is off touring in Ohio.
Cite this Source
Work and Affair. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affair/work
Affair & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/affair/work>.
Work or Affair. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/affair/work.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "affair" and "work" have occurred on timeline