VARIETY SHOW

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Meaning:

A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

Synonyms:

variety; variety show

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("variety show" is a kind of...):

show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)

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

minstrel show (a variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface)

review; revue (a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians)

music hall; vaudeville (a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.)