Thesaurus:rigmarole

English

Noun

Sense: an absurd, convoluted or disorderly situation

Synonyms
  • carry-on (UK, NZ)
  • circus act (figurative)
  • palaver (UK)
  • riddle me ree
  • rigmarole
  • song and dance
Hypernyms

Further reading

  • 682. activity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • rigmarole” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.