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.

  •
  • conform,
  • accord.
  •
  • quit,
  • be.
  •
  • action.
  •behave (noun)
  • bear,
  • DO,
  • carry,
  • acquit.

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • demean,
  • saturate,
  • adsorb,
  • ferment,
  • crystallize,
  • compensate,
  • oxidize,
  • play fair,
  • preservation,
  • behavior,
  • neutralize,
  • saturation,
  • treat,
  • bond,
  • aerate,
  • electrolysis,
  • precipitation,
  • calcify,
  • assay,
  • sedimentation.
  •
  • obey,
  • synthesize,
  • derive.
  •
  • reaction,
  • formula.
  •
  • extract.
  •act
  • carry oneself.

Paraphrases for Behave:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    lay, behaviour, act, conduct, operate, be, react, proceed, have, treat, serve, move, involve.

Antonyms for Behave:

• v.

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

Homophones for Behave:

• bib, bye, buff, boffo, baobab, beef up, beefy, Bay of Ob, bi, buy, byway, Bufo Bufo, bey, bpi, bowiea, bay, bebop, BH, biff, b-52, b.o., bouffe, baphia, beef, buoy, buy off, bow-wow, baboo, boy, ba, beep, behove, behoove, baya, bai, Bahai, bayou, bouyei, bobby, bye-bye, Bob Hope, boa, beehive, bap, bw, bubo, beau, by, bufo, booby, baa, bob, B, bow, bawbee, buyi, boo-boo, bb, be, bop, bob up, bopeep, buoy up, boob, bph, babe, baby, buy up, bevy, boo, babu, baba, bee, boeuf, bowie.

Hypernym for Behave:

• v.

  • body
    act reflexively, make, break down, dawdle, freeze, wanton, presume, sentimentalize, jest, optimise, act, sentimentize, swash, relax, piffle, dally, ramp, act as, fall over backwards, trifle, swagger, act involuntarily, loosen up, bend over backwards, sentimentise, romanticize, joke, snap, rage, make as if, backslap, puff up, bungle, follow, frivol, swell, lose it, vulgarise, sauce, play, vulgarize, quack, footle, hugger mugger, sentimentalise, stooge, menace, bluster, optimize, toy, storm.