'Carnival' definitions:
Definition of 'carnival'
(from WordNet)
noun
A festival marked by merrymaking and processions
noun
A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere" [syn: circus, carnival]
noun
Definition of 'Carnival'
From: GCIDE
- Carnival \Car"ni*val\, n. [It. carnevale, prob. for older carnelevale, prop., the putting away of meat; fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh + levare to take away, lift up, fr. levis light.]
- 1. A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday. [1913 Webster]
- The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Carnival'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Advent,
- Allhallowmas,
- Allhallows,
- Allhallowtide,
- Annunciation,
- Annunciation Day,
- Ascension Day,
- Ash Wednesday,
- Candlemas,
- Candlemas Day,
- Christmas,
- Corpus Christi,
- Easter,
- Easter Monday,
- Easter Saturday,
- Easter Sunday,
- Eastertide,
- Ember days,
- Epiphany,
- Good Friday,
- Halloween,
- Hallowmas,
- Holy Thursday,
- Holy Week,
- Lady Day,
- Lammas,
- Lammas Day,
- Lammastide,
- Lent,
- Lententide,
- Mardi Gras,
- Martinmas,
- Maundy Thursday,
- Michaelmas,
- Michaelmas Day,
- Michaelmastide,
- Palm Sunday,
- Pancake Day,
- Passion Week,
- Pentecost,
- Quadragesima,
- Quadragesima Sunday,
- Septuagesima,
- Shrove Tuesday,
- Trinity Sunday,
- Twelfth-day,
- Twelfth-tide,
- Whit-Tuesday,
- White Sunday,
- Whitmonday,
- Whitsun,
- Whitsunday,
- Whitsuntide,
- Whitweek
Synonyms of 'carnival'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- banquet,
- blowout,
- Broadway,
- burlesque,
- burlesque show,
- circus,
- coochie show,
- do,
- drama,
- entertainment industry,
- fair,
- fantoccini,
- feast,
- festival,
- festive occasion,
- festivity,
- fete,
- field day,
- fiesta,
- floor show,
- gala,
- gala affair,
- gala day,
- galanty show,
- girly show,
- great doings,
- high jinks,
- hootchy-kootchy show,
- jamboree,
- kermis,
- leg show,
- legit,
- legitimate stage,
- light show,
- magic show,
- Mardi Gras,
- off Broadway,
- off-off-Broadway,
- ombres chinoises,
- party,
- peep show,
- picnic,
- playland,
- puppet show,
- raree-show,
- rep show,
- repertory drama,
- repertory show,
- rodeo,
- Saturnalia,
- shadow show,
- show biz,
- show business,
- sideshow,
- stage world,
- stagedom,
- stageland,
- stock,
- strawhat,
- strawhat circuit,
- summer stock,
- the big top,
- the boards,
- the footlights,
- the scenes,
- the stage,
- the theater,
- theater world,
- theatromania,
- theatrophobia,
- variety,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- waygoose,
- wayzgoose