VARIETY SHOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does variety show mean? 

• VARIETY SHOW (noun)
  The noun VARIETY SHOW has 1 sense:

1. a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

  Familiarity information: VARIETY SHOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VARIETY SHOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

variety; variety show

Hypernyms ("variety show" is a kind of...):

show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variety show"):

minstrel show (a variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface)

review; revue (a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians)

music hall; vaudeville (a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.)