Antonyms 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

How to use circus in a sentence?

1. Edward R. Murrow:

   When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.

2. Jesse Cole:

   It's a whole baseball circus.

3. Ted Cruz:

   I expect we will see a thorough examination of her record, of her jurisprudence, what we will not see is the kind of political circus that we saw from Senate Democrats, particularly with Justice Brett Kavanaugh, where they engaged in personal smears. They went into the gutter.

4. Kip Moore:

   My life has changed so much in the last three years and we've become traveling gypsies and you're in this circus and this is a lot more in the moment about that its' a lot more of an aggressive record because of that.

5. Joe Arpaio:

   It's disgusting and insulting to call it a circus, it is a deterrence. [The inmates] hate that place. I don't care what [Penzone] says.

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