Synonyms of performing

performing 1 of 2

adjective

as in producing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• producing
• serving
• yielding
• useful
• productive
• viable
• useable
• operating
• employable
• usable
• operable
• humming
• dynamic
• workable
• busy
• functioning
• bustling
• effective
• thriving
• flourishing
• working
• operational
• live
• running
• on
• effectual
• active
• operative
• astir
• roaring
• going
• living
• functional
• alive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dead
• broken
• inactive
• inoperative
• nonoperative
• nonfunctioning
• nonfunctional
• useless
• ineffective
• nonactivated
• nonoperating
• arrested
• nonoperational
• ineffectual
• deactivated
• decommissioned
• idle
• kaput
• kaputt
• unusable
• inert
• inoperable
• unworkable
• dormant
• quiescent
• fallow
• asleep
• latent
• unproductive
• lifeless
• sleepy
• nonproductive
• stagnating
• vegetating

performing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of perform

1

as in executing

to carry through (as a process) to completion

she performed the task quickly and expertly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• executing
• fulfilling
• accomplishing
• achieving
• doing
• making
• implementing
• committing
• carrying out
• negotiating
• prosecuting
• completing
• carrying off
• perpetrating
• finishing
• going through
• realizing
• practicing
• pulling off
• effecting
• putting through
• bringing off
• following through (with)
• practising
• attaining
• effectuating
• compassing
• bringing about
• working (at)
• repeating
• nailing
• engaging (in)
• acing
• ending
• reenacting
• actualizing
• winding up
• reduplicating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• slurring
• slighting
• skimping

2

as in acting

to have a certain purpose

the kidneys perform as a filtering system for the blood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• acting
• serving
• functioning
• working
• operating
• managing
• administering
• controlling
• handling
• running
• supervising
• regulating
• guiding
• directing
• carrying on
• overseeing

3

as in playing

to present a portrayal or performance of

has always dreamed of performing Hamlet on stage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playing
• portraying
• doing
• interpreting
• depicting
• acting
• representing
• impersonating
• enacting
• rendering
• dramatizing
• pantomiming
• acting out
• mimicking
• imitating
• miming
• playacting
• role-playing
• masquerading
• taking on
• clowning
• aping
• underplaying
• overplaying
• hamming
• overacting
• posing (as)
• coacting
• roleplaying
• starring (in)
• costarring
• co-acting
• co-starring

4

as in working

to produce a desired effect

the new medication performed surprisingly well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• working
• operating
• taking
• acting
• reacting
• responding
• resulting
• taking effect
• taking hold
• behaving
• affecting
• influencing
• swaying
• panning out
• redounding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backfiring
• fizzling

Examples of performing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The second-highest performing post featured a carousel of Kors and Dahyun backstage generating 496,000 engagements. —Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 13 Sep. 2024

Here are the host, performing honorees, non-performing honorees and presenters for the 2024 Women in Music Awards. —Paul Grein, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2024

The best performing algorithm—one called a convolutional neural network (CNN) algorithm – nearly always had an accuracy exceeding 90 percent and reached an accuracy as high as 98 percent for several coffee varieties. —IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2024

Twelve performing songwriters and 10 non-performing songwriters are nominated. —Paul Grein, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2023