Synonyms for circus
ˈsɜr kəscir·cus

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1. circusnoun

   a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals

   "he ran away from home to join the circus"

   Synonyms:
   carnival, genus Circus

2. circusnoun

   a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals

   "the children always love to go to the circus"

   Synonyms:
   carnival, genus Circus

3. circus, carnivalnoun

   a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

   "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"

   Synonyms:
   fair, funfair, carnival, genus Circus

4. circusnoun

   (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games

   Synonyms:
   carnival, genus Circus

5. circusnoun

   an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent

   "they used the elephants to help put up the circus"

   Synonyms:
   carnival, genus Circus

6. Circus, genus Circusnoun

   a genus of haws comprising the harriers

   Synonyms:
   carnival, genus Circus

Matched Categories

1. • Antiquity
   • Arena
   • Bird Genus
   • Company
   • Disturbance
   • Show
   • Stadium

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1. List of paraphrases for "circus":

   cirque, circo, sideshow, madhouse, carnival, builshit

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1. Jerry Coleman:

   Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

2. Lonely Planet:

   Despite drawing in day-trippers by the busload, the area's well-protected and spread-out natural attractions have somehow managed to escape the frenzied tourist circus of other less well-managed places.

3. Jan Creamer:

   These lions have endured hell on earth and now they are heading home to paradise. This is the world for which nature intended these animals for, it is the perfect ending to ADI’s operation which has eliminated circus suffering in another country.

4. Mary Ann Rogers:

   Instead of it being a circus of zingers and one-liners, we'll hopefully have a stage of people who want to be respectful of each other and really want to discuss the issues, so if there aren't enough debates, there's not enough time to decide. It's too important an election to just leave it to chance.

5. Jennifer Agans:

   My entry point was youth circus.