Synonyms of performing

performing 1 of 2

adjective

as in producing

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• dead
• broken
• inactive
• inoperative
• nonoperative
• nonfunctioning
• nonfunctional
• useless
• ineffective
• nonactivated
• nonoperating
• arrested
• nonoperational
• ineffectual
• deactivated
• decommissioned
• idle
• kaput
• 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
• prosecuting
• negotiating
• completing
• carrying off
• perpetrating
• finishing
• going through
• realizing
• practicing
• pulling off
• effecting
• putting through
• bringing off
• following through (with)
• 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
• acting out
• imitating
• mimicking
• masquerading
• taking on
• pantomiming
• clowning
• posing (as)
• aping
• miming
• role-playing
• playacting
• coacting
• starring (in)
• underplaying
• overplaying
• hamming
• overacting
• costarring

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of performing

Adjective

Three songwriters from each category — performing and non-performing — will be honored at a June 2026 ceremony in New York City. — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2025

The party hasn’t presented a full slate of citywide candidates since 2022, when the strongest performing Republican still fell about 14,000 votes short. — Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025

Verb

Suddenly, her daughter was covered in tubes and doctors were performing CPR. — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026

Sure, public schools that can't afford to provide teachers with basic supplies like crayons and where nurses have to keep track of every bandage and packet of acetaminophen are performing surgery that costs $100,000-plus. — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026