Noun

• S: (n) carnival (a festival marked by merrymaking and processions)
• S: (n) circus, carnival (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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) disturbance (the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) motion, movement, move, motility (a change of position that does not entail a change of location) "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) carnival, fair, funfair (a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.)
• part meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) show (the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining) "a remarkable show of skill"
• S: (n) entertainment, amusement (an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention)
• S: (n) diversion, recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates) "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"
• S: (n) activity (any specific behavior) "they avoided all recreational activity"
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))