performer
noun
Simple meaning
An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
perfawrmerSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
pɚˈfɔɹmɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
One who performs or does anything.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
Used this way, performer is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a musical use: it is everyday language among musicians and listeners, and specialised outside that.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Music/performance
- Arts writing
Nearby words
- performing artist , rarer, so it draws attention
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More ways to use performer
- “The talented performer sang and danced beautifully on stage all night.”
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Carry out or perform an action.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
A dramatic or musical entertainment.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
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Synonyms
Sense: entertainer who performs a dramatic
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