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
Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
Memorial Weekend carnival planned in Darien The city will present a Memorial Day weekend carnival May 23 to 26 at Chestnut Court Shopping Center, at the southeast corner of 75th Street and Lemont Road, Darien.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 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
But the county’s annual firefighters’ carnivals are more than games of skill and cotton candy.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
Memorial Weekend carnival planned in Darien The city will present a Memorial Day weekend carnival May 23 to 26 at Chestnut Court Shopping Center, at the southeast corner of 75th Street and Lemont Road, Darien.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 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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The 2025 edition of DOC NYC Selects is almost here, and IndieWire can announce the program for the summer extension of the annual fall documentary festival.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
9 June 2025
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Enjoy the inexpensive shows because those big festivals and superstar tours are just around the corner.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Before last year’s trial, the blocks surrounding the Superior Court in Dedham developed a carnivalesque atmosphere.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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With multiple hues split by seams that encircle their throats and bellies, the vases have a sweet, carnivalesque elegance.—
Julie Lasky,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With vibrant, squiggly animation that relies heavily on archival imagery and a riotous sense of rhythm, Odermatt delivers a short that is both a parody and a love letter to one of opera and pop culture’s greatest 20th century icons.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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Devil May Cry Perhaps the show most tonally opposite to The Last of Us on this list, Netflix’s Devil May Cry is a riotous, colorful blast of punk energy.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
26 May 2025
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While the White Sox play the Rangers in Texas on Saturday afternoon, the Archdiocese of Chicago will be at Rate Field celebrating the new leader of the Catholic Church — who was born and raised on the city’s South Side — with a Mass by Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich and other festivities.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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The festivities end on June 22 with KC Defender’s Juneteenth Freedom Day Cookout, which will celebrate the history of radical Black resistance.—
Zuri Primos,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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What To Know Videos on social media showed the group of drag artists walking into the theatre before the show began and being met with raucous applause.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Those are the same rules of force for National Guard troops deployed under Trump's executive order in Los Angeles, where raucous protests have been ongoing.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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On Tuesday, the boisterous San Bernardino band Fuerza Regida, uploaded a statement to their 9.1 million followers, sharing support for the Latino community.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The courtyard is anchored by a lush banyan tree, and a resplendent Art Deco dining room and bar encircle the boisterous patrons outdoors.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
10 June 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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For 23 years, the rowdy blue agent of chaos lived as a second-class citizen at Disney.—
Brooks Barnes,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Tear gas was reportedly used near the stadium and water cannon were used near the Arc de Triomphe to disperse rowdy crowds.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 June 2025
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“Carnival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnival. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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