CARNIVAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A festival marked by merrymaking and processions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("carnival" is a kind of...):

festival; fete (an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carnival"):

Fat Tuesday; Mardi Gras (a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans)

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

carnival; fair; funfair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("carnival" is a kind of...):

show (the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining)

Meronyms (parts of "carnival"):

midway (the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located)

Meaning:

A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

Example:

the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere

Synonyms:

carnival; circus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("carnival" is a kind of...):

disturbance (the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion)