SOCIAL AFFAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does social affair mean? 

• SOCIAL AFFAIR (noun)
  The noun SOCIAL AFFAIR has 1 sense:

1. a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship

  Familiarity information: SOCIAL AFFAIR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCIAL AFFAIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

social affair; social gathering

Hypernyms ("social affair" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social affair"):

bee (a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions)

love feast (a social gathering intended to create goodwill among the participants)

company (a social gathering of guests or companions)

function (a formal or official social gathering or ceremony)

party (a group of people gathered together for pleasure)

supper (a social gathering where a light evening meal is served)

get together; meeting (a small informal social gathering)