Synonyms for

Performing

Verb / pɜ:ˈfɔ:rmɪŋ / Another word for performing — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

To carry out a task or action, especially to entertain an audience.

Synonyms & similar words

playing perform playacting execute do acting acting doing executing functioning operating playing presenting showing singing staging working delivering producing enacting undertaking accomplishing achieving fulfilling

Synonyms by register

Formal

executing acting undertaking accomplishing

Informal

doing acting pulling off putting on

Literary

enacting contending representing

Antonyms

stopping ceasing halting resting idling abstaining

Common collocations

  • performing arts
  • performing a task
  • performing surgery
  • performing well
  • performing poorly
  • performing a service
  • performing a duty

Word family

noun performance
verb perform
adjective performative

Usage note

Often used in the context of arts, but also for tasks or actions. Be mindful of the context to avoid sounding overly dramatic or simplistic.

Example sentences

  1. The magician will be performing his tricks tonight.
  2. The circus animals were performing for the crowd.
  3. The choir will be performing a concert next week.
  4. The dancers are performing a ballet.
  5. The band will be performing at the music festival.

Quotes

  • All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts. - William Shakespeare
  • I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. - Oscar Wilde
  • The show must go on. - Unknown

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