performance
nounHow many syllables in performance?
There are 3 syllables in the word performance.How to pronounce performance:
Definition of performance:
- performance (noun):
- the execution of an action
- the act or process of performing
- a dramatic or musical entertainment.
Synonyms for performance:
account
act
acting (out)
adaptation
benefit
bit
carrying into action
carrying out
coda
concert
execution
exhibition
finale
functioning
histrionics
interpretation
number
operation
pianism
play reading
playing
portrayal
premiere
presentation
production
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Antonyms for performance:
abandoning
defeat
disregard
failing
failure
forgetting
hold
ignorance
imprisonment
ineffectualness
leaving
neglect
nonfulfillment
nonperformance
nonsuccess
reality
retention
underachievement
underperformance
whole
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- Zillian
- celestial
- accustomed
- redesign
- adjacent
- sanctify
- slobbery
- listlessly
- courtyard
- breadwinner
- disinvite
- astuteness
- pseudonym
- thiozone
- inertia
- encircle
- speediest
- reeducate
- prospicience
- macaque
- fustigate
- engaging
- Valkyrie
- meddlesome
- huskily
- wearily
- comprises
- shamefully
- unshattered
- ungraceful
- unconvinced
- laudable
- hydrangea
- fancying
- deflective
- breedable
- properly
- subversion
- maturely
- dolefully
- misapply
- gamily
- dogmatize
- obstinate
- giddily
- chivalrous
- organised
- crustaceous
- perversive
- flamboyance
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Words like 'squirrelled' can have different syllable counts depending on the speaker's accent, highlighting English's dialectal diversity.
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