Dictionary entry details
• CIRCUS (noun)
Meaning:
A travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
he ran away from home to join the circus
Hypernyms ("circus" is a kind of...):
company; troupe (organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical))
Meaning:
Performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the children always love to go to the circus
Hypernyms ("circus" is a kind of...):
show (the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circus"):
three-ring circus (a circus with simultaneous performances in three rings)
Meaning:
A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
carnival; circus
Context examples:
it was so funny it was a circus / the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere
Hypernyms ("circus" is a kind of...):
disturbance (the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion)
Meaning:
(antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("circus" is a kind of...):
arena; bowl; sports stadium; stadium (a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments)
Domain category:
antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)
Domain region:
capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)
Meaning:
An arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
they used the elephants to help put up the circus
Hypernyms ("circus" is a kind of...):
arena; scene of action (a playing field where sports events take place)
Meronyms (parts of "circus"):
big top; circus tent; round top; top (a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance)
Meaning:
A genus of haws comprising the harriers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Circus; Circus
Hypernyms ("Circus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Circus"):
Circus cyaneus; hen harrier; marsh hawk; northern harrier (common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land)
Circus pygargus; Montagu's harrier (brownish European harrier)
Circus Aeruginosus; marsh harrier (Old World harrier frequenting marshy regions)
harrier (hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals)
Holonyms ("Circus" is a member of...):
Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)
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