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. Robert Mueller:

   I'm not a circus bear.

2. Douglas Hughes:

   People, if they want to have a circus, I'm going to bring an elephant.

3. Yoram Schweitzer:

   I think that while the ISIS menace cannot be ignored, what is more important is not to inflate it, israeli authorities have an interest in this regard, as no one wants to see Melhem copycats - not least because he managed to kill three people and get away, in what made them look like a bit of a circus.

4. Derek Scissors:

   The treatment of Huawei has been a circus, if we have a deal, Huawei will absolutely be part of it because the president doesn't care ... about technology competition.

5. Tim Holan:

   Everything was measured within a half inch so it would fit in the cars. The circus is a model of efficiency.