You are old enough to behave yourself.
Source: tatoeba (16155)
Behave
//bɪˈheɪv//
Synonyms for "behave" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
139 translations across 61 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- sillem verb (to act in a specific manner)
Arabic
4 entries- تصرف verb (to act in a specific manner)
- تَصَرَّفَ verb (to act in a specific manner)
- تَصَرَّفَ بِشَكْل verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- مُؤَدَّب verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Armenian
1 entries- վարվել verb (to act in a specific manner)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- davranmaq verb (to act in a specific manner)
- rəftar etmək verb (to act in a specific manner)
- özünü aparmaq verb (to act in a specific manner)
Belarusian
4 entries- ве́сці сябе́ verb (to act in a specific manner)
- паво́дзіцца verb (to act in a specific manner)
- паво́дзіць сябе́ verb (to act in a specific manner)
- паступа́ць verb (to act in a specific manner)
Bulgarian
4 entries- държа́ се verb (to act in a specific manner)
- държа́ се добре́ verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- постъ́пвам verb (to act in a specific manner)
- постъ́пя verb (to act in a specific manner)
Burmese
1 entries- ပြုမူ verb (to act in a specific manner)
Catalan
3 entries- captenir-se verb (to act in a specific manner)
- comportar-se verb (to act in a specific manner)
- portar-se verb (to act in a specific manner)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 做人 verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- 為人 /为人 verb (to act in a specific manner)
- 舉動 /举动 verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Czech
2 entries- chovat se verb (to act in a specific manner)
- chovat se verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Dutch
2 entries- zich gedragen verb (to act in a specific manner)
- zich gedragen verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Esperanto
1 entries- konduti verb (to act in a specific manner)
Estonian
2 entries- käituma verb (to act in a specific manner)
- käituma (viisakalt, korralikult, ...) verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Finnish
4 entries- käyttäytyä verb (to act in a specific manner)
- käyttäytyä (kunnolla) verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- olla ihmisiksi verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- olla kunnolla verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
French
1 entries- se comporter verb (to act in a specific manner)
Friulian
1 entries- puartâsi verb (to act in a specific manner)
Georgian
2 entries- მოქცევა verb (to act in a specific manner)
- ქცევა verb (to act in a specific manner)
German
3 entries- sich benehmen verb (to act in a specific manner)
- sich benehmen verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- sich verhalten verb (to act in a specific manner)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 verb (to act in a specific manner)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְנַהֵג verb (to act in a specific manner)
Hindi
4 entries- आचरण करना verb (to act in a specific manner)
- पेश आना verb (to act in a specific manner)
- बर्ताव करना verb (to act in a specific manner)
- व्यवहार करना verb (to act in a specific manner)
Hungarian
2 entries- viselkedik verb (to act in a specific manner)
- viselkedik verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Icelandic
3 entries- haga sér verb (to act in a specific manner)
- haga sér verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- hegða sér verb (to act in a specific manner)
Ingrian
2 entries- käyttää verb (to act in a specific manner)
- pittää verb (to act in a specific manner)
Irish
2 entries- bheith múinte verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- tú féin a iompar verb (to act in a specific manner)
Italian
3 entries- agire verb (to act in a specific manner)
- comportarsi verb (to act in a specific manner)
- comportarsi bene verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Japanese
3 entries- 振る舞う verb (to act in a specific manner)
- 行儀がよい verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- 行動する verb (to act in a specific manner)
Kazakh
1 entries- өзін өзі ұстау verb (to act in a specific manner)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្រព្រឹត្ត verb (to act in a specific manner)
Korean
4 entries- 몸가짐이 얌전하다 verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- 예절바르게 행동하다 verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- 예절바르다 verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- 처신하다 verb (to act in a specific manner)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- өзүн алып жүрүү verb (to act in a specific manner)
Ladin
1 entries- se cumpurté verb (to act in a specific manner)
Lao
1 entries- ປະພຶດ verb (to act in a specific manner)
Latin
1 entries- ago verb (to act in a specific manner)
Latvian
1 entries- uzvesties verb (to act in a specific manner)
Lithuanian
1 entries- elgtis verb (to act in a specific manner)
Macedonian
1 entries- се однесува verb (to act in a specific manner)
Malay
1 entries- bersikap verb (to act in a specific manner)
Malayalam
1 entries- പെരുമാറുക verb (to act in a specific manner)
Marathi
2 entries- नीट वागणे verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- वागणे verb (to act in a specific manner)
Mongolian
1 entries- аашлах verb (to act in a specific manner)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oppføre seg verb (to act in a specific manner)
Old English
2 entries- ġebǣran verb (to act in a specific manner)
- ġebǣran verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Persian
2 entries- رفتار کردن verb (to act in a specific manner)
- مؤدب بودن verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Polish
4 entries- postąpić verb (to act in a specific manner)
- postępować verb (to act in a specific manner)
- zachować się verb (to act in a specific manner)
- zachowywać się verb (to act in a specific manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- comportar-se verb (to act in a specific manner)
- comportar-se verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Romanian
2 entries- se comporta verb (to act in a specific manner)
- se purta verb (to act in a specific manner)
Russian
4 entries- вести́ себя́ verb (to act in a specific manner)
- вести́ себя́ пра́вильно verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- вести́ себя́ хорошо́ verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- поступа́ть verb (to act in a specific manner)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ponášati se verb (to act in a specific manner)
- пона́шати се verb (to act in a specific manner)
Sicilian
4 entries- cumpurtàrisi verb (to act in a specific manner)
- cunnucìrisi verb (to act in a specific manner)
- fari u pulitu verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- èssiri aducatu verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Slovak
2 entries- správať sa verb (to act in a specific manner)
- správať sa verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Slovene
2 entries- obnašati se verb (to act in a specific manner)
- vesti se verb (to act in a specific manner)
Spanish
2 entries- comportarse verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- portarse verb (to act in a specific manner)
Swedish
3 entries- bete sig verb (to act in a specific manner)
- sköta sig verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- uppföra sig verb (to act in a specific manner)
Tajik
2 entries- муомила кардан verb (to act in a specific manner)
- рафтор кардан verb (to act in a specific manner)
Thai
4 entries- ทำตัว verb (to act in a specific manner)
- ทำตัวดี verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- ประพฤติ verb (to act in a specific manner)
- สำรวมกิริยา verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Turkish
4 entries- davranmak verb (to act in a specific manner)
- düzgün davranmak verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- edebini takınmak verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
- görgülü davranmak verb (to act in a polite or proper way)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вести́ себе́ verb (to act in a specific manner)
- пово́дитися verb (to act in a specific manner)
- поступа́ти verb (to act in a specific manner)
- поступи́ти verb (to act in a specific manner)
Urdu
2 entries- برتاؤ کرنا verb (to act in a specific manner)
- پیش آنا verb (to act in a specific manner)
Uzbek
1 entries- muomala qilmoq verb (to act in a specific manner)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cư xử verb (to act in a specific manner)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Now that you're grown up, you must not behave like that.
Source: tatoeba (16384)
Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.
Source: tatoeba (16386)
If you are a student, behave as such.
Source: tatoeba (21418)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.