Synonyms for carnival
ˈkɑr nə vəlcar·ni·val

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. carnival

   Synonyms:
   revel, rout, festivity, masquerade

   Antonyms:
   fast, mortification, lent, retirement

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 4 votes

1. carnivalnoun

   a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

   Synonyms:
   fair, funfair, circus

2. 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, genus Circus

3. carnival, fair, funfairnoun

   a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

   Synonyms:
   fair, funfair, pleasure ground, circus, amusement park, bazaar

Matched Categories

1. • Disturbance
   • Festival
   • Show

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "carnival":

   carnaval, carnivals, grendel, circus

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How to use carnival in a sentence?

1. Bruno Dumont:

   The carnival is a real tradition in the North. What you have to do is look under these characters who are larger than life, cinema is a metaphor. So what is local becomes a metaphor. So I don't see a problem in making a very French film that at the same time, because it is very French, will become an international film.

2. Daniel Courtney:

   I am so grateful my client was able to experience a well-run, orderly, and fair trial, despite Carnival's best efforts to poison the jury with inappropriate comments throughout the proceedings, we fully expect Carnival to appeal as they have never done the right thing when it comes to my brave client.

3. Trey Gowdy:

   The remedy is not to have a professional wrestling-type carnival atmosphere, which is what congressional public hearings have become.

4. Anfavea President Luiz Moan:

   Several companies are offering furloughs, paid leave and longer stoppage times around the Carnival holiday to try and protect jobs. But clearly we have excess workers.

5. Heloisa Aun:

   We live with harassment every day, but during carnival it's worse.