A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.
synonyms: affair, affaire, intimacy, involvement, liaison.
Roget 897:
love;
fondness
etc.
adj.;
liking;
inclination
etc.
(desire)
865;
regard,
dilection†,
admiration,
fancy.
affection,
sympathy,
fellow-feeling;
tenderness
etc.
adj.;
heart,
brotherly love;
benevolence
etc.
906;
attachment.
yearning,
eros,
tender passion,
amour;
gyneolatry†;
gallantry,
passion,
flame,
devotion,
fervor,
enthusiasm,
transport of love,
rapture,
enchantment,
infatuation,
adoration,
idolatry.
Cupid,
Venus;
myrtle;
true lover's knot;
love token,
love suit,
love affair,
love tale,
love story;
the,
old story,
plighted love;
courtship
etc.
902;
amourette†;
free love.
maternal love,
storge [Gr.],
parental love;
young love,
puppy love.
attractiveness;
popularity;
favorite
etc.
899.
lover,
suitor,
follower,
admirer,
adorer,
wooer,
amoret†,
beau,
sweetheart,
inamorato [It],
swain,
young man,
flame,
love,
truelove;
leman†,
Lothario,
gallant,
paramour,
amoroso†,
cavaliere servente [It],
captive,
cicisbeo†;
caro sposo [It].
inamorata,
ladylove,
idol,
darling,
duck,
Dulcinea,
angel,
goddess,
cara sposa [It].
betrothed,
affianced,
fiancee.
flirt,
coquette;
amorette†;
pair of turtledoves;
abode of love,
agapemone†.
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Roget 961:
impurity;
uncleanness
etc.
(filth)
653;
immodesty;
grossness
etc.
adj.;
indelicacy,
indecency;
impudicity†;
obscenity,
ribaldry,
Fescennine,
smut,
bawdry†,
double entente,
equivoque [Fr.].
concupiscence,
lust,
carnality,
flesh,
salacity;
pruriency,
lechery,
lasciviency†,
lubricity;
Sadism,
sapphism†.
incontinence,
intrigue,
faux pas [Fr.];
amour,
amourette†;
gallantry;
debauchery,
libertinish†,
libertinage†,
fornication;
liaison;
wenching,
venery,
dissipation.
seduction;
defloration,
defilement,
abuse,
violation,
rape;
incest.
prostitution,
social evil,
harlotry,
stupration†,
whoredom,
concubinage,
cuckoldom†,
adultery,
advoutry†,
crim.
con. ;
free love.
seraglio,
harem;
brothel,
bagnio†,
stew,
bawdyhouse†,
cat house,
lupanar†,
house of ill fame,
bordel†,
bordello.
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Dutch: affaire, verhouding