Synonyms for sideshow
ˈsaɪdˌʃoʊsideshow

Princeton's WordNet

1. sideshownoun

   a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event

   "instruction is not an educational sideshow"

2. sideshownoun

   a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)

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1. • Incident
   • Show

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1. List of paraphrases for "sideshow":

   tahiti, circus, cirque

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1. David Axelrod:

   The media began by covering Trump as a sideshow, then grew more aggressive in challenging him on his 'facts', and now is more actively commenting on the character of his campaign.

2. Marco Rubio:

   These kinds of theatrics by Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are an entertaining sideshow, but they have nothing to do with defeating Hillary Clinton, i'm going to stay focused on uniting the Republican party so we can defeat Hillary Clinton and turn the page on eight years of liberal failure. We don't have time for these kinds of distractions.

3. Asa Hutchinson:

   The office is more important than any individual person. So for the sake of the office of the presidency, I do think that’s too much of a sideshow and distraction, he needs to be able to concentrate on his due process.

4. Gavin Newsom:

   James Gallagher knows that James Gallagher’s in trouble, and James Gallagher’s using this as a sideshow distraction to introduce another gun law, so hopefully people will not see and pay attention to James Gallagher terrible record on their quality of life, the governor needs to focus his efforts on things that will lower the cost of living for Californians, actually solve homelessness, instead of one-off gestures that are n’t going to do anything to stop gun violence.

5. Fox News:

   Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo, the Pueblo fell through the cracks of history because it became a sideshow to everything that happened.