Performative

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:22 ptsWWF:25 pts12 letters

Definition of Performative

Adjective

Being enacted as it is said.
"Saying "I do" as part of a wedding ceremony is performative, enacting a marriage."
Being done as a performance in order to create an impression.
"We were beginning to suspect that her ethical qualms were sometimes performative, as the urgent need for fairness and justice seemed to apply to some people but not to others."

Noun

A performative utterance.

Anagrams of Performative

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "performative":

11-LETTER WORDS

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10-LETTER WORDS

9-LETTER WORDS

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8-LETTER WORDS

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7-LETTER WORDS

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+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "performative" and rearranging:

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Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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