affair

Other forms of affair

plural

affairs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about affair

What does affair mean?

affair means "a vaguely specified concern". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in affair?

affair has 2 syllables: af-fair. The stress falls on "fair". In IPA it is /əˈfɛɹ/.

What is another word for affair?

Close synonyms include matter, thing, affaire, intimacy, liaison. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is affair a common word?

affair is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with affair?

8 words rhyme with affair. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.