BEHAVE
Definition:
- [verb] behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
Synonyms: act, do
- [verb] behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
Synonyms: acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
- [verb] behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"
Synonyms: comport
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Related Words:
- act involuntarily, act reflexively
- fall over backwards, bend over backwards
- presume
- vulgarize, vulgarise
- optimize, optimise
- quack
- menace
- make
- swagger, bluster, swash
- freeze
- wanton
- romanticize
- sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise
- bungle
- play, toy
- act, play, act as
- stooge
- joke, jest
- piffle
- make
- make as if
- break down, lose it, snap
- dally, dawdle
- backslap
- hugger mugger
- sauce
- footle
- frivol, trifle
- swell, puff up
- follow
- relax, loosen up
- ramp, rage, storm
- fluster
- assert, put forward
- deal
- walk around
- pose, posture
- walk
- assert oneself
- remember oneself
