sideshow
/ˈsaɪdˌʃoʊ/
noun
- A small, separate show or attraction at a fair, circus, or exhibition, often featuring unusual acts or curiosities.
- At the carnival, we visited a sideshow with a sword swallower and a fire eater.
- Kids were fascinated by the sideshow's display of two-headed animals.
- The sideshow featured a man who could bend steel bars with his teeth.
- An event or activity that is less important than the main one, often distracting or secondary.
- Don't let this minor issue become a sideshow that derails our main project.
- The media treated the celebrity gossip as a sideshow to the election coverage.
- The debate over the office decorations was just a sideshow to the real budget crisis.
Synonyms