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, circus, 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. Wasserman Schultz:

   Any opportunity they can to pull people’s eyes and ears away from that they take, the right-wing media circus fringe has immediately focused not on this run-of-the-mill investigation just reporting the facts, but jumped to outrageous egregious conclusions that they were trying to, that they have ties to terrorists and that they were stealing data.

2. Jozsef Richter:

   I have long dreamed of creating such a park but it would have been very hard to operate it alongside the circus, now... we have had to close for several months so I thought this would be the time.

3. Jim Gilmore:

   It's a chance to really talk about the issues over what's important to the people of the United States and after a while the people of this country are going to say 'Look, I'm tired of the circus. I want a person who actually understands my concerns,'.

4. Michael Burawoy:

   There are faculty who don’t think the campus should be the site of this, what they call, political circus, we bring them on campus and allow them to speak and we encourage both right- and left-wing groups.

5. Tim Holan:

   Crude oil is easier, there is a specific infrastructure built for oil with the idea that there would be repeat business. With the circus, there's always one-off moves and unpredictability.