Antonyms for merry-go-roundmerry-go-round

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. merry-go-roundnoun

   Synonyms:
   carousel

2. merry-go-roundnoun

   carousel; a pleasure ride consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform affixed with various types of seats, frequently horses or other animals, typically found at fairs and amusement parks

   Synonyms:
   carousel

3. merry-go-roundnoun

   a piece of playground equipment in the style of a merry-go-round

   Synonyms:
   carousel

4. merry-go-roundnoun

   A dead-end search; a bustle of activity that gets nowhere

   Synonyms:
   carousel

Matched Categories

1. • Cycle
   • Ride

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. merry-go-roundnoun

   a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)

   "if we lose the election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have to start over"

   Synonyms:
   roundabout, carousel, whirligig, carrousel

2. carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligignoun

   a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

   Synonyms:
   top, whirligig, luggage carrousel, carousel, spinning top, circle, carrousel, roundabout, rotary, luggage carousel, traffic circle, teetotum

How to use merry-go-round in a sentence?

1. Nazanin Ash:

   You get trapped in a merry-go-round of screening procedures.

2. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Sun is a hearthstone, a merry-go-round of extinguished hearthstones.

3. Scott C. Holstad:

   Moods invent the man. I am a creation of turbulence, a rider of an ongoing merry-go-round.

4. Alishia May:

   Life, like a merry-go-round, may make you dizzy but you have to hold on even in the hardest of times

5. The Triumph:

   It started with my taking my two kids around to the zoos and parks, while they were on the merry-go-round riding 40 times or something, I'd be sitting there trying to figure out what you could do that would be more imaginative.

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