Performance
Performance noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.
Showing is a synonym for performance in show topic. In some cases you can use "Showing" instead a noun "Performance".
Showing
Showing noun - The display of a motion picture.
Performance is a synonym for showing in appearance topic. You can use "Performance" instead a noun "Showing", if it concerns topics such as presentation.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- conduct and performance
- conduct and showing
- appearance and performance
- appearance and showing
- display and performance
- display and showing
- exhibition and performance
- exhibition and showing
- exposition and performance
- exposition and showing
- exhibit and performance
- exhibit and showing
- show and performance
- show and showing
How words are described
| good | good performance | good showing |
| special | special performance | special showing |
| best | best performance | best showing |
| better | better performance | better showing |
| Other adjectives: similar, public, complete, original, single, poor, strong, actual, big, great, weak, infamous, impressive, early, final, hilarious, worst, next, last, theatrical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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My So-Called Life spends more than one episode building up to a play of Our Town, but the series has got cancelled before showing the actual performance.
Source: School Play - On which a counter was displayed showing how many people had died of poverty and hunger worldwide during the performance of the play alone.
Source: Alternate Show Interpretation - Bon Jovi's "Livin on a Prayer" has the first half of the video in black and white showing prep/rehearsal for a gig, the second half in colour showing the actual performance in front of the audience.
Source: Dress Rehearsal Video
Cite this Source
Showing and Performance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/performance/showing
Performance & Showing. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/performance/showing>.
Showing or Performance. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/performance/showing.
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