Definition for Behave:

• be-h[= a]v', v.t. to bear or carry, to conduct ( with self).-- v.i. to conduct one's self, also to conduct one's self well: to act.-- n. BEHAVIOUR ( be-h[= a]v'yür), conduct: manners or deportment, esp. good manners: general course of life: treatment of others.-- TO BE UPON ONE'S BEHAVIOUR, to be placed where one's best behaviour is politic or necessary. [ Formed, according to Dr Murray, in 15th century from be- and HAVE; apparently unconnected with A.S. behabban.]

Synonyms for Behave:

• n.

  •
  • compensate,
  • treat,
  • conform,
  • accord.
  •
  • bond,
  • obey,
  • behavior,
  • aerate,
  • offend,
  • reform,
  • misbehave,
  • assay,
  • calcify,
  • adsorb.
  •
  • demean,
  • quit,
  • be.
  •
  • action.
  •behave (noun)
  • act,
  • bear,
  • comport,
  • conduct,
  • deport,
  • carry,
  • DO,
  • acquit.

• v.

  •act (verb)
  • function,
  • operate,
  • perpetrate,
  • labor,
  • act,
  • work,
  • conduct,
  • react,
  • officiate,
  • transact,
  • execute,
  • move,
  • perform,
  • endeavor,
  • enterprise,
  • bear oneself,
  • comport,
  • exercise,
  • appear.
  •act reasonably, properly (verb)
  • be orderly,
  • demean oneself,
  • toe the mark,
  • act one's age,
  • control,
  • mind one's p's and q's,
  • be civil,
  • manage oneself,
  • keep the peace,
  • play fair,
  • manage,
  • be on best behavior,
  • comport oneself,
  • live up to,
  • keep one's nose clean,
  • mind one's manners,
  • direct,
  • observe golden rule,
  • be nice,
  • deport oneself,
  • act correctly,
  • discipline oneself,
  • conduct oneself properly,
  • watch one's step,
  • be good,
  • observe the law,
  • act with decorum.
  •appear (verb)
  • carry oneself.
  •behave (verb)
  • practice,
  • proceed,
  • deport.
  •body (verb)
  • DO,
  • act.
  •function (verb)
  • react,
  • run,
  • act,
  • work,
  • take,
  • operate,
  • perform.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • demean,
  • saturate,
  • adsorb,
  • ferment,
  • crystallize,
  • compensate,
  • oxidize,
  • play fair,
  • preservation,
  • behavior,
  • neutralize,
  • saturation,
  • treat,
  • bond,
  • aerate,
  • electrolysis,
  • precipitation,
  • calcify,
  • assay,
  • sedimentation.
  •
  • synthesize,
  • accord,
  • derive,
  • go on,
  • obey.
  •
  • formula,
  • reaction,
  • conform.
  •
  • extract.
  •
  • quit.
  •
  • action.
  •act
  • carry oneself.
  •take
  • take.
  •Other relevant words:
  • fun,
  • diet,
  • practise,
  • be,
  • walk,
  • performance,
  • assoil,
  • do right,
  • fare,
  • wild,
  • manage oneself,
  • apply,
  • engage in,
  • give birth,
  • direct,
  • behave toward,
  • deportment,
  • adsorb,
  • behavior,
  • cause,
  • bond,
  • use,
  • retaliate,
  • misbehave,
  • bearing,
  • application,
  • footling,
  • mind one's manners,
  • deliver,
  • accept,
  • conform,
  • play,
  • employment,
  • be appropriate,
  • consign,
  • discipline oneself,
  • digest,
  • quit,
  • keep one's nose clean,
  • extradite,
  • practises,
  • well,
  • keep the peace,
  • formation,
  • suffer,
  • suffice,
  • be in fashion,
  • treat,
  • acts,
  • convoy,
  • represent,
  • express,
  • run,
  • coiffe,
  • demeanor,
  • behaves,
  • disport,
  • shape-up,
  • formula,
  • be nice,
  • expect,
  • contain,
  • card,
  • dress,
  • be orderly,
  • act toward,
  • reform,
  • clumsy,
  • arctic,
  • bombastic,
  • electrolysis,
  • brook,
  • playact,
  • bloated,
  • preservation,
  • current,
  • aerate,
  • awkward,
  • act,
  • be in,
  • derive,
  • hot,
  • clear,
  • coif,
  • depart,
  • guide,
  • play fair,
  • drive,
  • gestate,
  • irate,
  • observe the law,
  • plan,
  • impart,
  • pack,
  • oxidize,
  • demean oneself,
  • exonerate,
  • endure,
  • carry,
  • act with decorum,
  • hold,
  • be right,
  • carriage,
  • bungled,
  • obey,
  • angry,
  • stormy,
  • heed,
  • raging,
  • business,
  • ongoing,
  • demean,
  • set,
  • reciprocate,
  • acting,
  • make as if,
  • posturing,
  • frozen,
  • adhere,
  • bring in,
  • dribble,
  • stand,
  • be civil,
  • pass,
  • act correctly,
  • transmit,
  • ferment,
  • be fitting,
  • lead,
  • pursuit,
  • calcify,
  • live up to,
  • observe golden rule,
  • play the game,
  • stockpile,
  • post,
  • answer,
  • expand,
  • amusement,
  • be good,
  • deport oneself,
  • sedimentation,
  • deal with,
  • respond,
  • extract,
  • reaction,
  • take action,
  • heated,
  • sway,
  • convey,
  • exculpate,
  • manner,
  • birth,
  • do by,
  • handle,
  • escort,
  • saturation,
  • frosty,
  • put,
  • precipitation,
  • take over,
  • abide,
  • assume,
  • yield,
  • pay,
  • take,
  • cope with,
  • detain,
  • glacial,
  • wear,
  • swollen,
  • channel,
  • toe the mark,
  • bear oneself,
  • exile,
  • acquit,
  • carry oneself,
  • carry on,
  • transport,
  • badly,
  • offend,
  • manage,
  • frigid,
  • occupation,
  • pretend,
  • accord,
  • trade,
  • gain,
  • cold,
  • asserted,
  • neutralize,
  • follow the crowd,
  • activity,
  • saturate,
  • persuade,
  • stomach,
  • mind one's p's and q's,
  • respond to,
  • attend,
  • arrange,
  • comport oneself,
  • etc,
  • make,
  • act as,
  • construction,
  • action,
  • lay,
  • discharge,
  • crystallize,
  • bungling,
  • extend,
  • be sufficient,
  • structure,
  • generalship,
  • stock,
  • conduct oneself properly,
  • tolerate,
  • expatriate,
  • support,
  • have,
  • assay,
  • dissemble,
  • watch one's step,
  • frantic,
  • acquit oneself,
  • be on best behavior,
  • conciliate,
  • go on,
  • conduct oneself,
  • bear,
  • vehement,
  • go,
  • compensate,
  • come,
  • get along,
  • serve,
  • building,
  • coiffure,
  • deal,
  • wintry,
  • fierce,
  • synthesize,
  • control,
  • get even,
  • act one's age,
  • roleplay,
  • make out.

Antonyms for Behave:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    act up, carry on, halt, misbehave, misconduct, misdemean, muck about, stop, be bad, be naughty, be insubordinate, cut up, get up to mischief.

• v.

  • function
    halt, stop, misbehave, act up.
  • Other antonyms:
    misdemean, act up, carry on, misbehave, misconduct.