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performance
Synonyms and Antonyms of performance
1 a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view a disappointing, lackluster performance of a classic of the musical theater Synonyms interpretation, account, reading, rendition, versionRelated Words adaptation, reworking, variation
2 the doing of an action the performance of her nightly ritual, the taking of a warm bath, calmed her Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, commission, perpetration, prosecution, pursuanceRelated Words dispatch, expedition; administration, direction, handling, management; application, operation, practice (also practise)Antonyms nonfulfillment, nonperformance
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