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 AI details From perform + -er. Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # performer **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /pəˈfɔːmə/ **Frequency rank:** 11084 ## Meanings 1. A person who acts, sings, dances, or plays music for an audience. 2. A person who does or carries out a particular action. ## Examples - The street performer drew a large crowd with her singing. - She is a strong performer in maths and science. ## Derived Forms - autoperformer - cyberperformer - nonperformer - performerly ## Etymology From perform + -er. ## AI Etymology Performer comes from perform + -er. In present-day English it covers a person who acts, sings, dances, or plays music for an audience and a person who does or carries out a particular action. The wider family includes derived forms such as autoperformer, cyberperformer, nonperformer, performerly. ## Topics - People & Society markdown