Synonyms for performance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-fawr-muh ns |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈfɔr məns |
Top 10 synonyms for performance Other synonyms for the word performance
- administration
- attainment
- ballet
- burlesque
- business
- carrying out
- ceremony
- completion
- consummation
- custom
- discharge
- doing
- effectiveness
- efficacy
- enforcement
- execution
- exercise
- exhibition
- exploit
- feat
- fruition
- fulfillment
- functioning
- gig
- interpretation
- matinee
- offering
- opera
- operation
- pageant
- play
- portrayal
- practice
- presentation
- production
- pursuance
- pursuit
- realization
- recital
- rehearsal
- representation
- review
- revue
- rigmarole
- rite
- running
- set
- show
- special
- spectacle
- stage show
- stunt
- to-do
- work
- working
Définition of performance
Origin :- late a5c., "accomplishment" (of something), from perform + -ance. Meaning "a thing performed" is from 1590s; that of "action of performing a play, etc." is from 1610s; that of "a public entertainment" is from 1709. Performance art is attested from 1971.
- noun accomplishment
- noun acting, depiction
- noun efficiency
- At length the curtain fell, and the evening's performance was over.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- It would never do to leave in the middle of the performance.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- A rehearsal, of course, must be very different from a performance.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- He had expected some sort of festivity after the performance, but there was none.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- He said very little about his intentions; performance was enough for him.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Of that performance let naught be spoken, save in reverence.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- On the eventful afternoon of the performance the road was gay with teams.
- Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
- The world is a stage, and life is a farce, and he that laughs most has most profit of the performance.
- Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
- I suppose there was a failure in the performance of a contract, or something of that kind, was there?'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- But he had two consolations at the close of the performance.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
Antonyms for performance
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