Synonyms

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2. dilettante, amateur, nonprofessional; eclectic, dabbler, hobbyist; pretender, fake; tyro, beginner, novice; devotee, votary, fan, follower.

aesthetic, adj.1. artistic, arty; tasteful, in good taste, to one's taste; beautiful, beauteous, exquisite, elegant, ornamental; well-composed, well-grouped, well-arranged; classic, simple, pure, chaste; fine, graceful, delicate, nice, dainty; attractive, charming, lovely, comely.
2. cultured, cultivated, refined, polished; discriminative, discriminating, particular, fastidious, critical.
3. sensitive, emotional, impressionable, responsive, receptive, susceptible; alive, conscious, open, vulnerable; aware, perceptive, sympathetic, empathetic.

afar, adv.

1. (usu. fol. by

off) far away, abroad, at a distance, a long way off, far off, far afield, far and wide, away, beyond range, out of range; remote, distant, beyond, yonder; over the hills and far away.
-n. 2. from afar from a long way off, from a distance, from yonder.

affability, n.congeniality, friendliness, companion-ability, amicability; approachability, accessibility, conversableness, sociability; easiness, openness, unreservedness; amiability, agreeability, amenity, pleasantness, suavity; complaisance, benignness, gentleness, mildness, soft-spokenness, kindliness, obligingness; graciousness, cordiality, courteousness, courtesy, civility, comity, politeness, mannerliness.

affable, adj.congenial, friendly, companionable, amicable; approachable, accessible, communicative, conversible, sociable; easy, unreserved, open, familiar, free and easy, easygoing; amiable, agreeable, pleasant, suave; complacent, benign, gentle, mild, soft-spoken, kindly, obliging; cordial, gracious, courteous, civil, polite, mannerly, well-mannered.

affair, n.1. concern, business, matter, topic, interest, Dial,

nevermind; transaction, undertaking, operation, action, proceeding; fact, thing, particular, point.
2. affairs concerns, matters, activities, business; transactions, finances, ventures, enterprises, undertakings.
3. event, incident, occasion; circumstance; occurrence, happening, phenomenon; episode, adventure, experience, case; performance, production, function, doings; party, soiree, reception.
4. amour, love affair, affair of the heart, amourette, Fr. affaire d'amour, Fr. affaire de coeur;

intrigue, liaison, tryst, assignation.

affect¹, v. 1. influence, sway, act on, play on, work on, impress upon, impact upon, effect; change, alter, modify, transform; concern, interest, be of interest to, be of importance to, apply to, relate to, pertain to.
2. touch, stir, move, soften, melt, tug orpull at the heartstrings; perturb, agitate, trouble, grieve, hurt; smite, pierce, penetrate, cut to the quick, Inf.sink or soak in, Inf.hit home, Inf.strike home, Inf.hit [s.o.] where it hurts; hit, wear, Inf.sit with, Inf.sit well with.
3. (all of pain, disease, etc.)

strike, attack, inflict; grip, seize, take hold, lay hold. -n. 4. Psychol,

emotion, passion, affection, sentiment; feeling, sensation, Inf.gut reaction.

affect², v. 1. pretend, simulate, feign, fake, sham, counterfeit, SI. make out like ormake like.
2. put on airs, assume airs, assume, adopt, take on, put on, profess, pretend to; pose, posture, peacock; do for effect, make a show of.

affectation, n.1. pretension, pretentiousness, affectedness, unnaturalness, studiedness, artificial manner; simulation, make-believe, artificiality, insincerity; posing, posturing, peacockery; foppery, dandyism, coxcombry.