Behave Synonyms and Antonyms

bĭ-hāv
To act in a specified or proper way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. act
  2. deport
  3. comport
  4. bear
  5. demean
  6. acquit
  7. conduct
  8. carry
  9. do
  10. conduct (oneself)
  11. acquit oneself
  12. deport (oneself)
  13. comport oneself
  14. handle oneself
  15. demean oneself
  16. react
  17. acquit oneself well
  18. act with decorum
  19. observe the golden rule
  20. be nice
  21. be good
  22. be civil
  23. act properly
  24. mind-one-s-p-s-and-q-s
  25. be orderly
  26. obey
  27. play one's part
  28. observe the rules
  29. observe the law
  30. reform
  31. mind one's manners
  32. manage oneself
  33. treat
  34. discipline oneself
  35. be on one's best behavior
  36. act-one-s-age
  37. deport one's self
  38. avoid offense
  39. keep-the-peace
  40. direct
  41. toe the mark
  42. function
  43. toe-the-line
  44. shape-up
  45. gesture
  46. stay in line
  47. keep out of mischief
  48. handle
  49. manage
  50. manager
  51. quit
  52. regulate
  53. restrain
  54. work
Antonyms:
  1. misbehave
  2. be rude
  3. offend
To act
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. act
  2. perform
  3. function
  4. work
  5. operate
  6. comport
  7. run
Antonyms:
  1. misbehave
  2. act up

Words Related to Behave

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. be
  2. action
  3. do-it

Behave Sentence Examples

  • I will teach you afresh, unless you behave better.

  • He did not know how to behave with her.

  • Resolved to behave as naturally as she could, she stripped and turned up the shower as hot as she could tolerate.

  • It is equally clear that there is a broad analogy between the kind of characters on which systematists often have to rely for the separation of species and those which Mendelian workers have shown to behave in accordance with the Mendelian theories of mosaic inheritance with segregation.

  • For her sake, he made an effort to behave, but he truly loved the openings she gave him.

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