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circus


circus - noun

  • a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
  • a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
  • a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
  • (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
  • an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
  • a genus of haws comprising the harriers
  • circus - thesaurus

    carnival  


    View spelling list Nouns ending in us and learn about the word circus in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 29. Word ending: -ous.

    Scrabble score for circus

    c is 3 i is 1 r is 1 c is 3 u is 1 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 10

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