Behave

/bɪˈheɪv/

Synonyms for "behave" (91 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Verb(7 words)
actconductacquitacquitsact properlybe goodbear
acquitactact towardact wellbe goodbe nicebearbehave toward
Noun(3 words)
act civillyactinganimal conduct
Adjective(1 words)
atypical conduct

Strong matches (27)

Verb(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
civil progresses
Noun(8 words)
comportingconduct lifeconduct linguistic analysisconduct of a ceremonyconduct oneself civillyconduct relatedconduct standardconducting

Related words (45)

Verb(8 words)
Noun(7 words)
doing wordgallantsmanage yourselfmeeting conductionmost civil conductsocial conducttreat others civilly
Adjective(1 words)
unfamiliar conduct

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

8 entries

More specific

10 entries
calm downconsistencydisciplinegood mannersobediencepolitenessproper conductresponsestabilitytone it down

Collocations

10 entries
behave in classbehave nowbehave properlybehave wellbehave yourselfdaily conductgood behaviorproper conductpublic behaviorsocial etiquette

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

5 entries

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You are old enough to behave yourself.

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Now that you're grown up, you must not behave like that.

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Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.

Source: tatoeba (16386)

If you are a student, behave as such.

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