Circus

Noun

 * 1) A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
 * 2) A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
 * 3)  In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
 * 4)  A World War II code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.

Adjectives for Circus
Jacksonian; bloody; tented; political; traveling; tinseled; threering.

Verbs for Circus
admit to —; ballyhoo —; operate —; perform at —; stage —; yearn for —; — amuses; — blares; — displays; — engages; — enlivens; —entertains; — exhibits; — parades; — roams; — tours; — travels; — troups.

Thesaurus
theater, theater world, theatromania, theatrophobia, tilting ground, tiltyard, variety, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vicious circle, walk, wheel, wreath, wrestling ring, Broadway, O, agora, amphitheater, annular muscle, annulus, arena, areola, athletic field, auditorium, aureole, background, bear garden, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, burlesque, burlesque show, campus, canvas, carnival, chaplet, circle, circuit, circumference, closed circle, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, coochie show, corona, coronet, course, crescent, crown, cycle, diadem, discus, disk, drama, entertainment industry, eternal return, fairy ring, fantoccini, field, floor, floor show, forum, galanty show, garland, girly show, glory, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, halo, hippodrome, hootchy-kootchy show, lasso, leg show, legit, legitimate stage, light show, lists, locale, logical circle, loop, looplet, magic circle, magic show, marketplace, mat, milieu, noose, off Broadway, off-off-Broadway, ombres chinoises, open forum, orbit, palaestra, parade ground, peep show, pit, place, platform, playland, precinct, prize ring, public square, puppet show, purlieu, radius, range, raree-show, rep show, repertory drama, repertory show, ring, rodeo, rondelle, round, roundel, saucer, scene, scene of action, scenery, setting, shadow show, show biz, show business, sideshow, site, sphere, sphincter, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, stage world, stagedom, stageland, stock, strawhat, strawhat circuit, summer stock, terrain, the big top, the boards, the footlights, the scenes, the stage, the theater,

Etymology
From circus:, from ,

Derived terms

 * media circus

Related terms

 * circular
 * circle

Translations

 * Arabic: سيرك
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: цырк, цырк
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: circ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 馬戲場, 马戏场, 雜技場, 杂技场
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קרקס (qirqas)
 * Hindi: सर्कस
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: サーカス, 曲馬団
 * Korean: 서커스
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: circu, tzircu
 * Spanish: circo
 * Ukrainian:
 * Volapük: sirkud


 * Bulgarian: кръгъл площад
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: круглая площадь

Etymology
From κίρκος:, related with κρίκος:.

Noun

 * 1) A circular line or orbit; circle, ring.
 * 2) A racecourse or space where games are held, especially one that is round.
 * 3) The spectators in a circus; a circus.

Derived terms

 * circō
 * circulus

Descendants

 * English:
 * French:
 * Italian: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: ,