liaisons
Go-betweens at work
Liaisons are connections or communications between groups or people.
A military liaison coordinates between units; a liaison between departments ensures information flows smoothly.
The word also means a secret romantic or sexual relationship, typically an affair: She discovered her husband's liaison with his secretary.
In French cooking, a liaison is a thickening agent like egg yolk or cream.
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- trystSecret romantic meeting
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- paramourLover in secret affair
- amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
lover · infidelity · adultery · dalliance · fling · mistress · assignation · clandestine
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- attachéEmbassy specialist officer
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- emissaryAgent sent abroad
intermediary · go-between · coordinator · representative · delegate · negotiator · mediator · embassy
Covert field agent
- handlerOne who manages something
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- assetItem of value owned
spy · intelligence · clandestine · undercover · espionage · back-channel · secret · mole
One who arranges activities
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
- intermediaryAgent linking two parties
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- representativeOne who acts for another
bridge · connection · networking · collaboration · interdepartmental · cross-functional · communication · stakeholder
affair
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- trystSecret romantic meeting
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- paramourLover in secret affair
amour · lover · infidelity · adultery · dalliance · fling · mistress · assignation · clandestine · forbidden
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- attachéEmbassy specialist officer
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
emissary · intermediary · go-between · coordinator · representative · delegate · negotiator · mediator · embassy · consulate
operative
Covert field agent
- handlerOne who manages something
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- informantOne who provides intelligence
asset · spy · intelligence · clandestine · undercover · espionage · back-channel · secret · mole · sleeper
coordinator
One who arranges activities
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
- intermediaryAgent linking two parties
- contactCommunication or physical touch
representative · bridge · connection · networking · collaboration · interdepartmental · cross-functional · communication · stakeholder · outreach
roux
Cooked fat-flour paste
- thickenerSubstance adding viscosity
- bindingLegally or morally required
- emulsionBlended immiscible liquids
sauce · cream · starch · velouté · béchamel · reduction · slurry · cornstarch · arrowroot
- business contactsclient, colleagues, colleague, contact, coworker
- promiscuitypromiscuity, sleeping around, casual sex, hookups, one-night stands
- intermediariesmiddleman, middlemen, go-between, go-betweens, broker
- outreachcold calls, canvassing, door-to-door, cold calling, flyer
- French eroticaMarquis de Sade, Anais Nin, erotic fiction, erotic poetry, boudoir
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
liaisonsmarriages
Legal spousal unions
wedlock · matrimony · civil unions · fidelity · betrothals
liaisonsestrangements
States of relational distance
separations · disconnections · isolations · divisions · alienations
- liaison officerInteragency communication facilitator
- Dangerous LiaisonsHarmful romantic connections
- illicit liaison
- police liaisonOfficial connecting authorities externally
- military liaisonArmed forces representative
- community liaisonPublic-facing organizational representative