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performs - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: perform
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: carry out, accomplish
Synonyms: achieve, act, behave, bring about, bring off, complete, comply, discharge, dispose of, do, effect, end, enforce, execute, finish, fulfill, function, implement, meet, move, observe, operate, percolate, perk, pull off*, react, realize, satisfy, take, tick, transact, wind up, work, be engaged in, carry through, carry to completion, deliver the goods, do justice to, do to a turn, go that route, put through, run with the ball, take care of business
Antonyms: fail, halt, prevent, stop
Main Entry: perform
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: act, depict as entertainment
Synonyms: discourse, display, dramatize, emote, enact, execute, exhibit, give, go on, ham*, ham it up*, impersonate, offer, play, present, produce, put on, render, represent, show, stage, tread the boards*, act out, appear as, be on, bring down the house, do a number, do a turn, personate, playact
Antonyms: direct
Main Entry: accomplish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: succeed in doing
Synonyms: achieve, arrive, attain, bring about, bring off, carry out, conclude, consummate, do, effect, finish, fulfill, gain, hit*, manage, perform, produce, pull off*, rack up*, reach, realize, score*, win, do a bang-up job, do justice, do one proud, do the trick, get someplace, get there, make hay, make it, nail it, put it over, sew up, take care of
Notes: achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive
Antonyms: abandon, fail, nullify, relinquish, give up, not finish
Main Entry: achieve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal
Synonyms: accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off*, bring to pass, cap, carry out, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through
Antonyms: fail, lose, miss
Main Entry: acquit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: behave some way
Synonyms: act, bear, carry, conduct, deport, perform, comport
Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: behave in a certain way
Synonyms: appear, behave, carry, carry out, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, go about, operate, perform, react, seem, serve, strike, take on, carry oneself, comport, give the appearance, impress as, play part, represent oneself
Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: entertain by playing a role
Synonyms: be on, bring down the house, burlesque, characterize, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham it up*, ham*, impersonate, lay an egg, make debut, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personate, personify, play, play act, play gig, play part, play role, portray, pretend, put it over, rehearse, represent, say one's piece, simulate, star, stooge*, strut*, take part, tread the boards*
Main Entry: administer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dispense something needed
Synonyms: apply, apportion, authorize, bring, contribute, deal, deliver, disburse, distribute, dole out, execute, extend, furnish, give, impose, inflict, issue, offer, perform, portion, proffer, provide, regulate, serve, supply, tender, measure out, mete out
Antonyms: deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold
Main Entry: appear
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be published; perform
Synonyms: come on, come out, enter, oblige, perform, play, be created, be developed, be invented, become available, come into being, come into existence, come on stage, make an appearance, play a part, present oneself, take part
Main Entry: behave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: function
Synonyms: act, operate, perform, react, run, take, work
Main Entry: bring off
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: accomplish
Synonyms: achieve, bring home the bacon*, bring to pass, carry out, discharge, effect, execute, perform, pull off, realize, succeed, carry off, effectuate
Antonyms: fail, lose
Main Entry: carry out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: complete activity
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, consummate, discharge, effect, execute, finalize, fulfill, implement, meet, perform, realize, carry through, effectuate
Antonyms: leave, stop, not finish
Main Entry: celebrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: commemorate occasion, achievement
Synonyms: beat the drum, bless, blow off steam, carouse, ceremonialize, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hallow, have a ball*, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up one's heels, laud, let loose, lionize, live it up, make merry, make whoopee, mark with a red letter, memorialize, observe, paint the town red, party*, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, raise hell, rejoice, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, solemnize
Antonyms: disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook
Main Entry: compass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: achieve, get
Synonyms: accomplish, annex, attain, bring about, effect, execute, fulfill, gain, have, land, obtain, perform, procure, realize, secure, win
Antonyms: fail, lose
Main Entry: complete
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: carry out action
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, actualize, cap, close, conclude, consummate, crown, determine, develop, discharge, do, effect, elaborate, end, equip, execute, fill, finalize, finish, fulfill, furnish, halt, make up, perfect, perform, realize, refine, round off, settle, supplement, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*, bring to fruition, bring to maturity, call it a day, carry off, do thoroughly, effectuate, get through, go the limit, go through with, go whole hog, make good, put to bed, round out, sew up
Antonyms: forget, halt, ignore, neglect, stop, give up
Main Entry: comply
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: abide by, follow agreement or instructions
Synonyms: accede, accord, acquiesce, adhere to, agree to, cave in, come around, conform to, consent to, cry uncle*, defer, discharge, ditto*, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, fit in, fold, fulfill, give in, give out, give up, go along with, go with the flow, keep, knuckle to, knuckle under*, mind, obey, observe, perform, play ball*, play the game, put out, quit, respect, roll over and play dead, satisfy, shape up, stay in line, straighten up, submit, throw in towel, toss it in, yes one, yield
Antonyms: decline, deny, disobey, oppose, rebuff, refuse, reject, resist
Main Entry: consummate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: achieve, finish
Synonyms: accomplish, can*, carry out, clinch, close, come, come through, compass, complete, conclude, crown, drop curtain*, end, halt, knock off, perfect, perform, polish off*, put away*, sign, terminate, ultimate, wind up, wrap, wrap up, button down, call a day, clean up, effectuate, fold up, get it together, go the distance, mop up, put finishing touch on, put lid on, put to bed, sew up, take care of, top it off
Antonyms: neglect
Main Entry: create
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: develop in mind or physically
Synonyms: actualize, author, beget, bring to pass, build, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start, bring into being, bring into existence, cause to be, give birth to, give life to
Antonyms: destroy, ruin
Main Entry: design
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plan, outline
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, arrange, block out, blueprint, cast, chart, construct, contrive, create, delineate, describe, devise, diagram, draft, draw, effect, execute, fashion, form, frame, fulfill, invent, lay out, perform, produce, project, sketch, trace, work out, dope out, set out, sketch out
Antonyms: disorder, disorganize
Main Entry: discharge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: carry out responsibility
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, do, execute, fulfill, meet, observe, perform
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