performer

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/ UK /pəˈfɔːmə/ See IPA manual

Freq #11084

Meanings

1

noun
A person who acts, sings, dances, or plays music for an audience.

The street performer drew a large crowd with her singing.
2

noun
A person who does or carries out a particular action.

She is a strong performer in maths and science.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who acts, sings,... performing artist

Word family

Forms performers

Derived forms autoperformercyberperformernonperformerperformerly

Etymology

From perform + -er.

Topics

People & Society Theater & Performance

External links

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