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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How to use Circus in a sentence?

1. The Ukrainian:

   I just want to address what Wladimir said about the clown thing, call me a clown, call me circus act, call me fat, ugly, bald. Even call me Sue if you want but don't call me Wladimir Klitschko because that's an insult.

2. Erin Spengler:

   I am not going to let this guy lead me through town like a circus when he's against everything I stand for.

3. Chuck Schumer:

   Trump and McConnell could call for Joe Biden today. President Donald Trump don't want to. President Donald Trump know it would turn things into a circus.

4. Minnesota Twins:

   The system right now makes a lot more sense than potentially bringing up 40 men, making 10 pitching moves a game, having three pinch-runners and two defensive replacements every game, it was a little circus-y at times the way games would be played in September and it doesn’t even resemble the game we play all year long and now it will. I think that’s a good thing.

5. 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.