merry-go-round

1. 1.

   a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)

   “if we lose the election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have to start over”

   Broadercycle
2. 2.

   a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

   Synonymscarouselcarrouselroundaboutwhirligig

   Broaderride

Questions about merry-go-round

What does merry-go-round mean?

merry-go-round means "a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in merry-go-round?

merry-go-round has 4 syllables: mer-ry--go--round. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /ˈmɛɹiɡoʊˌɹaʊnd/.

What is another word for merry-go-round?

Close synonyms include carousel, carrousel, roundabout, whirligig. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is merry-go-round a common word?

merry-go-round is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with merry-go-round?

1 word rhymes with merry-go-round. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.