circus
(noun)
noun
1. a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- he ran away from home to join the circus
Definition categories: group, company, troupe
2. a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
- the children always love to go to the circus
Definition categories: act, show
3. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
- it was so funny it was a circus
Similar word(s): carnival
Definition categories: act, disturbance
4. (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
Definition categories: man–made, arena, bowl, stadium
5. an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
- they used the elephants to help put up the circus
Definition categories: man–made, arena
6. a genus of haws comprising the harriers
Definition categories: animal
Sentences with circus as a noun:
- The circus will be in town next week.
- Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.
- The narrow circus of my dungeon wall. — Byron.