as in festival
a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something
the town's annual Fourth of July carnival
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Recent Examples of carnival
Daniel A. Varela, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The 17-day event will also feature food, carnival rides and competitions.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
Chloe McGowan, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2022
The Queen is also expected to attend the Derby, one of her favorite horse race events, a concert at Buckingham Palace and the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, a carnival-style celebration during which many artists, including Ed Sheeran, will perform.
—Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 12 May 2022
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Noun
Florida’s largest carnival and a Miami staple, the fair will run for 21 days from March 13 through April 6 at the fairgrounds in University Park.
—Daniel A. Varela, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The 17-day event will also feature food, carnival rides and competitions.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Whitestown's family-friendly Independence Day Celebration will kick off at 6 p.m. with live music, carnival-style food, a ticketed kid's zone and a fireworks show once the sun goes down.
—Chloe McGowan, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2022
The Queen is also expected to attend the Derby, one of her favorite horse race events, a concert at Buckingham Palace and the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, a carnival-style celebration during which many artists, including Ed Sheeran, will perform.
—Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 12 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnival
Noun
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Experience highlights from Day 2 of the festival through the lens of Miami Herald visual journalist Matias J. Ocner.—
Miami Herald Newsroom,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2025
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Politically, that helped us a lot, since the rest of the festivals put us in Ibero-American competitions.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Well before last year’s trial, the blocks surrounding the Superior Court in Dedham developed a carnivalesque atmosphere.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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Later that year, Spex leased a banquet hall in Ridgewood, Queens, that had oversize chandeliers and walls padded in kitschy diamond patterns and gave it a title befitting its carnivalesque interiors: the Dreamhouse.—
Coco Romack,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This serenity is a long way from the 52-year-old’s musical beginnings with the riotous German hip-hop crew Fischmob in the ’90s.—
Laura Snapes,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2025
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But there is something about the pasta bag that particularly lends itself to a riotous night out.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
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The day's festivities included a pageant commemorating the land runs of 1889 and 1893.—
Elizabeth Blair,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2025
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Get The Recipe Watergate Cake Break out the classics for the holiday festivities.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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After a two-year hiatus, South Park is gearing up for a raucous return, with the season 27 trailer indicating that things are about to get even crazier.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Fans seemed ready to make Sutter Health Park a raucous home atmosphere.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The boisterous comedian lights up the stage with sly wit and brazen confidence, conveying Moss’ righteous fury over being bottom of the office food chain.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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That honor goes to the Hot Brown, a sandwich allegedly created to sustain and sober up boisterous, late-night dancing guests at Louisville’s Brown Hotel in 1926.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The banal village tunes that Mahler altered into sinister mock vulgarities—did these not recall the raffish klezmer bands, the wandering musicians who played at shtetl weddings?—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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There’s an over-the-top and overdressed fish out of water (me), a raffish Englishmen homesick for Great Britain (my husband Aidan, who will be mortified to read any of this), and an ensemble of quirky characters.—
Mosha Lundström Halbert,
Vogue,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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This time of year, Dee’s massive herding dogs have their work cut out for them: The spring kids have grown into rowdy teenagers.—
Scott Clark as told to Betsy Andrews,
Saveur,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Kittredge house seems to have been a rowdy place.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Carnival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnival. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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