All merry-go-round synonyms
merΒ·ry-go-round
M m noun merry-go-round
- fun β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- humor β hacker humour
- satire β the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- farce β a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- sitcom β situation comedy.
- pleasure β the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pastime β something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
- amusement β Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
- distraction β the act of distracting.
- binge β If you go on a binge, you do too much of something, such as drinking alcohol, eating, or spending money.
- orgy β wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- rampage β violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
- celebration β A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
- ferment β Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- tumult β violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar: The tumult reached its height during the premier's speech.
- flurry β a light, brief shower of snow.
- clatter β If you say that people or things clatter somewhere, you mean that they move there noisily.
- whirlwind β any of several relatively small masses of air rotating rapidly around a more or less vertical axis and advancing simultaneously over land or sea, as a dust devil, tornado, or waterspout.
- daze β If someone is in a daze, they are feeling confused and unable to think clearly, often because they have had a shock or surprise.
- furor β a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- stir β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- pother β commotion; uproar.
- fuss β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- bustle β If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.
- ruction β a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- fluster β to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
- turbulence β the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- spin β to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels.
- flutter β to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
- rush β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- uproar β a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- storm β Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ΛteΙͺ ΙΛdΙr ΛvΙlt sΙn/ (Show IPA), 1817β88, German poet and novelist.
- succession β the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- round β having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- dither β a trembling; vibration.
- picnic β PEBCAK
- takeoff β a taking or setting off; the leaving of the ground, as in leaping or in beginning a flight in an airplane.
- funniness β providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark; a funny person.
- drollery β something whimsically amusing or funny.
- interlude β an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- hoopla β bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- comicality β the quality of being comical
- travesty β a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- hilarity β cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- ball β A ball is a round object that is used in games such as tennis, baseball, football, basketball, and cricket.
- humorous β Archaic. moist; wet.
- burlesque β A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
- witticism β a witty remark or sentence.
- slapstick β broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.