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Synonyms for circus

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineActions

a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

It was so funny it was a circus.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

carnival

Same sentence, swapped: It was so funny it was a carnival.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for circus as it is used in the sentence above.

excitement
pit
havoc

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crawlnouncreepa slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the bodyTreelineHas a reason line cuttingadjective, nounkeenpainful as if caused by a sharp instrumentTreeline2 senses dashnounboltthe act of moving with great hasteTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line debutnounentrythe act of beginning something newTreeline educationnounteachingthe activities of educating or instructingFoothills effortnounsweatuse of physical or mental energyFoothills2 senses elevationnounaggrandizementthe act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of somethingSummitHas a reason line madadjectivecrazyaffected with madness or insanityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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