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CARNIVAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
Synonyms:
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)
Sense 3
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)
