- carnival - a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
--1 is a kind of festival, fete
--1 has particulars: Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday- circus, carnival - a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a circus or carnival; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
--2 is a kind of disturbance
- carnival, fair, funfair - a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
--3 is a kind of show
--3 has parts: midway - circus, carnival - a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a circus or carnival; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"