circuses

1. a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animalsExamples: "he ran away from home to join the circus"Synonyms: circus

2. a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animalsExamples: "the children always love to go to the circus"Synonyms: circus

3. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainmentExamples: "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"Synonyms: carnival, circus

4. (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial gamesSynonyms: circus

5. an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tentExamples: "they used the elephants to help put up the circus"Synonyms: circus

6. a genus of haws comprising the harriersSynonyms: Circus, genus Circus