PERFORMANCE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

performance

noun

pər-ˈfȯr-mən(t)s

Definition of performance

as in interpretation

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

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as in execution

the doing of an action the performance of her nightly ritual, the taking of a warm bath, calmed her

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Recent Examples of performance Earlier this month, a pair of ceremonies, formerly called the Creative Arts Emmys, honored artistic and technical achievements as well as some performance categories. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Part of that improvement has been better performances at home. — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026 The night would later continue with a performance by Rita Ora and an after party DJ set by Paris Hilton, but Domingo wasn’t quite finished with the auction winners. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026 Tech hardware has become a key driver of Chinese stock performance in recent months. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz,jenny Lee,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for performance

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Noun

The interpretation around physical contact has become so vague that nobody can have any faith in what any referee, in any game or situation, will decide to do next.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
In the 250 years since Newton introduced his famous laws of motion, physicists had come to believe their equations described a reality that was entirely independent of human action or interpretation.

— Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of interpretation

Noun

And post-race Hamilton again noted how Ferrari’s teamwork execution wasn’t handled well — on Saturday or Sunday.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Reducing those delays could allow more accelerators to function as one execution environment.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of execution

Noun

EuroHPC is overseeing the implementation of 19 AI Factories and 13 AI Factory Antennas across Europe, while also developing a European quantum-computing infrastructure that will integrate quantum technologies with conventional supercomputers.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Among the components in the legislation are funding for mobile crisis teams, the implementation of a suicide prevention awareness campaign and a requirement for all health insurance plans to cover crisis services.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of implementation

Noun

Twain points to the dramatic differences between Parton’s original and Houston’s blockbuster rendition as an example of how a song can change dramatically while remaining fundamentally itself.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026
The Seahawks unveiled the second Super Bowl banner in team history before McCready’s strumming, which drew shades of another Seattle legend, Jimi Hendrix, and his rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock in 1969.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rendition

Noun

Many of the buildings were cavernous fulfillment centers built during the pandemic-era online-shopping boom that were sitting empty near highways, airports and other transportation hubs.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
With fulfillment time as the firm’s North Star KPI, the team combined RPA, low-code tools and agentic AI to speed up inbound and outbound logistics, giving AI real autonomy over routing decisions.

— Rajesh Gharpure, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of fulfillment

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