Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "performing" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Causes

accolades action anxiety applause being appreciated butterflies do best energetic enjoyment by audience entertaining entertaining other people fear get attention getting booed happiness injury makeup removal need to remove makeup nervousness in performer people throw change at people to applaud people will notice stage fright tiredness would receive applause

Derived Terms

higher-performing lower-performing overperforming performing arts underperforming

Derived From

perform

Inflected/Variant Forms

perform

Prerequisites

being in right mood doing what asked of self confidence skill still talent

Subevents

act applause curtain goes up or down dance entertaining exagerate falling over prop forgetting lines get sick getting stagefright laugh looking at audience read cue cards simultanious orgasm sing singing smile stage fright sweat wave arms

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

activity performing arts

Type Of (IsA)

action conscious activity information transfer social event

Related Terms

perform performance performer

Synonym Network

acting

Used For

accomplishing acting actors actresses artistes attention communicating feelings displaying one's talents doing task earning money entertaining entertaining other people entertaining others entertaining people entertainment exhibiting talent getting attention having good time helping other people enjoy themselves musicians orchestra members orchestral conductors pleasing audience school children and talented showing off showing off skills singers singing singing song telling story

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.