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/məˈnæd͡ʒəɹɪ/ · noun
A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos..
In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.
[Brigitte] Bardot, the stunning, desirable beauty who once stood for sexual freedom for women, spent the latter part of her life at her home near Saint Tropez with her husband and a menagerie of pets.
Use menagerie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Menagerie means A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos..
Common synonyms include zoo, zoological garden, assortment, motley crew.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.
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