Words Like BEHAVE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BEHAVE.

39 Alternative Words Similar to behave

1 Act Verb      Synonym Words Like Act
2 Do Verb      Synonym Words Like Do
3 Acquit Verb      Synonym Words Like Acquit
4 Bear Verb      Synonym Words Like Bear
5 Deport Verb      Synonym Words Like Deport
6 Conduct Verb      Synonym Words Like Conduct
7 Comport Verb      Synonym Words Like Comport
8 Carry Verb      Synonym Words Like Carry
9 Hold Verb      Synonym Words Like Hold
10 Move Verb      Synonym Words Like Move
11 Discipline Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Discipline
12 Handle Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Handle
13 Restrain Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Restrain
14 Manage Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Manage
15 Pose Verb      Hyponym Words Like Pose
16 Deal Verb      Hyponym Words Like Deal
17 Assert Verb      Hyponym Words Like Assert
18 Posture Verb      Hyponym Words Like Posture
19 Walk Verb      Hyponym Words Like Walk
20 Relax Verb      Hyponym Words Like Relax
21 Snap Verb      Hyponym Words Like Snap
22 Sentimentise Verb      Hyponym Words Like Sentimentise
23 Swell Verb      Hyponym Words Like Swell
24 Sentimentize Verb      Hyponym Words Like Sentimentize
25 Wanton Verb      Hyponym Words Like Wanton
26 Trifle Verb      Hyponym Words Like Trifle
27 Follow Verb      Hyponym Words Like Follow
28 Romanticize Verb      Hyponym Words Like Romanticize
29 Ramp Verb      Hyponym Words Like Ramp
30 Optimize Verb      Hyponym Words Like Optimize
31 Dally Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dally
32 Sentimentalize Verb      Hyponym Words Like Sentimentalize
33 Make Verb      Hyponym Words Like Make
34 Backslap Verb      Hyponym Words Like Backslap
35 Toy Verb      Hyponym Words Like Toy
36 Sentimentalise Verb      Hyponym Words Like Sentimentalise
37 Optimise Verb      Hyponym Words Like Optimise
38 Play Verb      Hyponym Words Like Play
39 Menace Verb      Hyponym Words Like Menace

6 examples of behave

1 to behave well or ill
2 he bore himself with dignity
3 They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
4 Don't behave like a fool
5 The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people
6 What makes her do this way?

10 definitions of behave

1 To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
2 To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
3 To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self.
4 behave in a certain manner
5 behave well or properly
6 behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
7 To conduct oneself in a specified way: The child behaved badly at the party.
8 To conduct oneself in a proper way: I told the child to behave.
9 To act, react, function, or perform in a particular way: This fabric behaves well even in hot weather.
10 To conduct (oneself) properly: Did you behave yourself at the party?
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