Acting
Acting noun - The performance of a part or role in a drama.
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Performance as and acting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Performance as" instead a noun "Acting".
Performance as
Acting and performance as are semantically related. You can use "Acting" instead a noun phrase "Performance as".
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It's also a plot point that Alto had a famous performance as a woman on the kabuki stage shortly before quitting acting.
Source: Anime / Macross Frontier -
Manhunter: Tom Noonan's performance as the Tooth Fairy has to be one of the most disturbing bits of acting ever committed to film.
Source: Nightmare Fuel / Film - John Belushi had thick but very expressive eyebrows which helped make his performance as Bluto in Animal House a masterclass in silent comic acting.
Source: Big Ol Eyebrows / Real Life
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Performance as and Acting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/acting/performance_as
Acting & Performance as. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/acting/performance_as>.
Performance as or Acting. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/acting/performance_as.
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