Synonyms for Behave:

n.
- be your normal self
- conduct yourself
- discipline yourself
- revert to
- steer a course
• behave
- DO
- comport
- deport
v.
• act
- endeavor
- enterprise
- perpetrate
• body
- behave
• conduct
- de mean
- de meaning
- de means
- de ported
- de porting
- de-mean
- de-meaning
- de-means
- de-ported
- de-porting
• deal/deal with
- attending to
- attends to
- behaved toward
- behaves toward
- behaving toward
- conducted oneself
- conducting oneself
- conducts oneself
- copes with
- dis cuss
- dis cussed
- dis cusses
- dis cussing
- dis-cuss
- dis-cussed
- dis-cusses
- dis-cussing
- gat a handle on something
- gat a handle something
- gat handle on something
- gat handle something
- get a handle something
- get handle on something
- get handle something
- gets a handle on something
- gets a handle something
- gets handle on something
- gets handle something
- getting a handle on something
- getting a handle something
- getting handle on something
- getting handle something
- got a handle on something
- got a handle something
- got handle on something
- got handle something
- gotten a handle on something
- gotten a handle something
- gotten handle on something
- gotten handle something
- had do with
- had to do with
- haddest do with
- haddest to do with
- hadst do with
- hadst to do with
- has do with
- has to do with
- hast do with
- hast to do with
- hath do with
- hath to do with
- have do with
- having do with
- lived with
- lives with
- made a go it
- made a go of it
- made go it
- made go of it
- make a go it
- make go it
- makes a go it
- makes a go of it
- makes go it
- makes go of it
- makes it
- making a go it
- making a go of it
- making go it
- making go of it
- making it
- over saw
- over see
- over seeing
- over seen
- over sees
- over-saw
- over-see
- over-seen
- over-sees
- re view
- re viewed
- re viewing
- re views
- re-view
- re-viewed
- re-views
- saw to
- seeing to
- sees to
- taking care of
- un burden
- un burdened
- un burdening
- un burdens
- un-burden
- un-burdened
- un-burdening
- un-burdens
• go on
- held on
- holding on
- keeping on
- keeps on
- kept on
• mind
- adheres to
- adhering to
- did as told
- didst as told
- doest as told
- doeth as told
- doing as told
- dost as told
- doth as told
- following orders
- paid heed
- payed attention
- payed heed
- paying heed
- pays attention
- pays heed
- re gards
- re spect
- re spects
- re-gard
- re-spect
- re-spects
- takes heed
- took heed
Other synonyms:

•

ceremony
conform
formula
intake
level
reaction

•

stain

•

extract

•

quit

•

action

Other relevant words:

• act

• reform

mend

• respond

Responding
act in response
be in touch with
come back at
feel for
feeling for
feels for
felt for
field the question
get back to
get in touch
got in touch

• stand up

hold oneself

• take

• Other relevant words (adjective):

feeling
quality

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

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

What are the hypernyms for Behave?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for behave (as verbs)
- 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.

What are the opposite words for behave?

Antonyms for the word "behave" can be described as actions that are not well-mannered or proper. They refer to actions that defy social norms, and are often seen as unacceptable or inappropriate. Some of the antonyms for "behave" include misbehave, act out, transgress, rebel, disobey, defy, and break the rules among others. When someone misbehaves, they act in a manner that is not expected or appropriate for the situation they are in. People who break the rules or defy authority often act out, and they may be seen as rebellious. Therefore, antonyms for the word "behave" signify actions that are contrary to societal expectations and norms.

What are the antonyms for Behave?

v.
• act in inappropriate manner
- misbehave
• act up (misbehave)
- act misbehave
- act out
- acted out
- acting out
- acts out
- behave badly
- behaved badly
- behaves badly
- behaving badly
- horseplayed
- horseplaying
- set a bad example
- set bad example
- sets a bad example
- sets bad example
- setting a bad example
- setting bad example
• boss
- Overseeing
- Surveyed
- manage
- over look
- over looked
- over looks
- over saw
- over see
- over seeing
- over seen
- over sees
- over-look
- over-looking
- over-looks
- over-saw
- over-see
- over-seeing
- over-seen
- over-sees
- oversees
- quarterback
- quarterbacked
- quarterbacking
- quarterbacks
- super intend
- super intended
- super intending
- super intends
- super vise
- super vised
- super vising
- super-intend
- super-intended
- super-intending
- super-intends
- super-vise
- super-vised
- super-vising
- take charge
- takes charge
- taking charge
- took charge
• break a law, agreement
- violate
• commit
- go for broke
- go in for
- go out for
- goes for broke
- goes in for
- goes out for
- going for broke
- going in for
- going out for
- went for broke
- went in for
- went out for
• commit illegal or immoral action
- sin
• control; command
- boss
• disobey
- am remiss
- are remiss
- art remiss
- be remiss
- being remiss
- brake rules
- break rules
- breaking rules
- breaks rules
- broke rules
- counter act
- counter acted
- counter acting
- counter acts
- counter-act
- counter-acted
- counter-acting
- counter-acts
- de cline
- de clines
- de sert
- de-cline
- de-clines
- de-sert
- dis agree
- dis agreed
- dis agreeing
- dis agrees
- dis obey
- dis obeyed
- dis obeying
- dis obeys
- dis-agree
- dis-agreed
- dis-agreeing
- dis-agrees
- dis-obey
- dis-obeyed
- dis-obeying
- dis-obeys
- flew face of
- flew in face of
- flies face of
- fly face of
- fly in face of
- flying face of
- flying in face of
- go counter to
- goes counter to
- going counter to
- in fringe
- in fringed
- in fringes
- in-fringe
- in-fringed
- in-fringes
- insurrected
- insurrects
- is remiss
- not heed
- not heeding
- not heeds
- not listen
- not listened
- not listening
- not listens
- not mind
- not minded
- not minding
- not minds
- over stepped
- over stepping
- over steps
- over-stepped
- over-stepping
- over-steps
- paid no attention to
- pay no attention to
- payed no attention to
- paying no attention to
- pays no attention to
- re volt
- re volts
- re volutions
- re-volt
- re-volts
- re-volution
- re-volutions
- recalcitrated
- recalcitrates
- recalcitrating
- revolutioned
- revolutioning
- rise in arms
- rises arms
- rises in arms
- rising arms
- rising in arms
- rose arms
- rose in arms
- sets aside
- setting aside
- take law in to hands
- take law in to own hands
- take law into hands
- takes law in to hands
- takes law in to own hands
- takes law into hands
- takes law into own hands
- taking law in to hands
- taking law in to own hands
- taking law into hands
- taking law into own hands
- took law in to hands
- took law in to own hands
- took law into hands
- took law into own hands
- was remiss
- wast remiss
- went counter to
- were remiss
- wert remiss
- with stand
- with standing
- with stands
- with stood
- with-stand
- with-standing
- with-stands
• displease, insult
- offend
• disregard rules; refuse to conform
- disobey
• err
- am error
- am in error
- are error
- are in error
- are inaccurate
- are incorrect
- art in error
- art inaccurate
- art incorrect
- art mistaken
- be error
- be in error
- be inaccurate
- be incorrect
- be mistaken
- being error
- being in error
- being inaccurate
- being incorrect
- being mistaken
- bollix
- bollixed
- bollixes
- bollixing
- boo booed
- boo booing
- boo-boo
- boo-booed
- boo-booing
- boo-boos
- booboo
- boobooed
- boobooing
- booboos
- drop ball
- drop the ball
- dropped ball
- dropped the ball
- dropping ball
- dropping the ball
- drops ball
- drops the ball
- dropt ball
- dropt the ball
- go astray
- go wrong
- goes astray
- going astray
- going wrong
- is error
- is inaccurate
- is incorrect
- is mistaken
- made a mess of
- made mess of
- make a mess of
- make mess of
- makes a mess of
- makes mess of
- making a mess of
- making mess of
- mis apprehend
- mis apprehended
- mis apprehending
- mis apprehends
- mis calculated
- mis calculates
- mis calculating
- mis judged
- mis judges
- mis judging
- mis-apprehend
- mis-apprehended
- mis-apprehending
- mis-apprehends
- mis-calculates
- mis-calculating
- mis-judged
- mis-judges
- mis-judging
- slip up
- slipped up
- slipping up
- slips up
- slipt up
- snafued
- snafuing
- snarl up
- snarled up
- snarling up
- snarls up
- was error
- was in error
- was inaccurate
- was incorrect
- was mistaken
- wast error
- wast in error
- wast incorrect
- wast mistaken
- went astray
- went wrong
- were error
- were inaccurate
- were mistaken
- wert in error
- wert inaccurate
- wert incorrect
- wert mistaken
• function
- act up
- halt
- stop
• gallivant
- Jaunted
- Jaunting
• infringe, offend
- trespass
• make a mistake; do wrong
- err
• maraud
- de spoil
- de spoiled
- de spoiling
- de spoils
- de-spoil
- de-spoiled
- de-spoiling
- de-spoils
- forayed
- foraying
- ransack
• misbehave
- am at fault
- am bad
- am dissolute
- am fault
- am guilty
- am immoral
- am out line
- am out of line
- am out of order
- am out order
- am reprehensible
- are at fault
- are bad
- are dissolute
- are fault
- are guilty
- are immoral
- are indecorous
- are insubordinate
- are out line
- are out of line
- are out of order
- are out order
- are reprehensible
- art at fault
- art bad
- art fault
- art guilty
- art immoral
- art indecorous
- art insubordinate
- art mischievous
- art out line
- art out of line
- art out of order
- art out order
- art reprehensible
- be at fault
- be bad
- be dissolute
- be fault
- be guilty
- be immoral
- be indecorous
- be insubordinate
- be mischievous
- be out line
- be out of line
- be out of order
- be out order
- be reprehensible
- being at fault
- being bad
- being dissolute
- being fault
- being guilty
- being immoral
- being indecorous
- being insubordinate
- being mischievous
- being out line
- being out of line
- being out of order
- being out order
- being reprehensible
- bend law
- bend the law
- bended law
- bended the law
- bending law
- bending the law
- bends law
- bends the law
- bent law
- bent the law
- did evil
- did wrong
- didst evil
- didst wrong
- do evil
- do wrong
- does evil
- does wrong
- doest evil
- doest wrong
- doeth evil
- doeth wrong
- doing evil
- doing wrong
- dost evil
- dost wrong
- doth evil
- doth wrong
- gat in to mischief
- gat into mischief
- get in to mischief
- get into mischief
- gets in to mischief
- gets into mischief
- getting in to mischief
- getting into mischief
- goes wrong
- got in to mischief
- got into mischief
- gotten in to mischief
- gotten into mischief
- is at fault
- is bad
- is dissolute
- is fault
- is guilty
- is immoral
- is indecorous
- is insubordinate
- is mischievous
- is out line
- is out of line
- is out of order
- is out order
- is reprehensible
- made trouble
- make trouble
- makes trouble
- making trouble
- mis behave
- mis behaved
- mis behaves
- mis behaving
- mis conduct
- mis conducted
- mis conducting
- mis conducts
- mis-behave
- mis-behaved
- mis-behaves
- mis-behaving
- mis-conduct
- mis-conducted
- mis-conducting
- mis-conducts
- misconducted
- misconducting
- roughhoused
- roughhousing
- sow wild oats
- sowed wild oats
- sowing wild oats
- take a wrong turn
- take wrong turn
- takes a wrong turn
- takes wrong turn
- taking a wrong turn
- taking wrong turn
- took a wrong turn
- took wrong turn
- was at fault
- was bad
- was dissolute
- was fault
- was guilty
- was immoral
- was indecorous
- was insubordinate
- was mischievous
- was out line
- was out of line
- was out of order
- was out order
- was reprehensible
- wast at fault
- wast bad
- wast dissolute
- wast fault
- wast guilty
- wast immoral
- wast indecorous
- wast insubordinate
- wast mischievous
- wast out line
- wast out of line
- wast out of order
- wast out order
- wast reprehensible
- were at fault
- were bad
- were dissolute
- were fault
- were guilty
- were immoral
- were indecorous
- were insubordinate
- were mischievous
- were out line
- were out of line
- were out of order
- were out order
- were reprehensible
- wert at fault
- wert bad
- wert dissolute
- wert fault
- wert guilty
- wert immoral
- wert indecorous
- wert insubordinate
- wert mischievous
- wert out line
- wert out of line
- wert out of order
- wert out order
- wert reprehensible
• noun
- carry on
• offend
- am disagreeable
- are disagreeable
- art disagreeable
- be disagreeable
- being disagreeable
- dis gust
- dis gusted
- dis gusting
- dis gusts
- dis oblige
- dis obliged
- dis obliges
- dis obliging
- dis tress
- dis tressed
- dis tresses
- dis-gust
- dis-gusted
- dis-gusting
- dis-gusts
- dis-oblige
- dis-obliged
- dis-obliges
- dis-obliging
- dis-tress
- dis-tressed
- dis-tresses
- ex asperate
- ex asperates
- ex asperating
- ex-asperate
- ex-asperated
- ex-asperates
- ex-asperating
- is disagreeable
- out raged
- out rages
- out-rage
- out-raged
- out-rages
- out-raging
- re pulsed
- re pulses
- re pulsing
- re-pulsed
- re-pulses
- re-pulsing
- turned one off
- turning one off
- turns one off
- up set
- up sets
- up setting
- up-set
- up-sets
- up-setting
- was disagreeable
- wast disagreeable
- were disagreeable
- zinged
• perform an action
- commit
• pillage and plunder
- maraud
• run around, gad about
- gallivant
• sin
- brake commandment
- brake law
- break commandment
- break law
- breaking commandment
- breaking law
- breaks commandment
- breaks law
- broke commandment
- broke law
- commit crime
- commits crime
- committed crime
- committing crime
- falling from grace
- falls from grace
- live in sin
- live sin
- lived in sin
- lived sin
- lives in sin
- lives sin
- living in sin
- living sin
- take primrose path
- take the primrose path
- takes primrose path
- takes the primrose path
- taking primrose path
- taking the primrose path
- took primrose path
- took the primrose path
- transgress
- wallow in mire
- wallow in the mire
- wallow mire
- wallow the mire
- wallowed in mire
- wallowed in the mire
- wallowed mire
- wallowed the mire
- wallowing in mire
- wallowing in the mire
- wallowing mire
- wallowing the mire
- wallows in mire
- wallows in the mire
- wallows mire
- wallows the mire
• transgress
- Transgressed
• trespass
- chisel in
- chiseled in
- chiseling in
- chiselled in
- chiselling in
- chisels in
- crash gates
- crash the gates
- crashed gates
- crashed the gates
- crashes gates
- crashes the gates
- crashing gates
- crashing the gates
- did wrong by
- didst wrong by
- dis please
- dis pleased
- dis pleases
- dis pleasing
- dis-please
- dis-pleased
- dis-pleases
- dis-pleasing
- do wrong by
- does wrong by
- doest wrong by
- doeth wrong by
- doing wrong by
- dost wrong by
- doth wrong by
- inter lope
- inter loped
- inter lopes
- inter-lope
- inter-loping
- kibitz
- kibitzed
- kibitzes
- kibitzing
- mix in
- mixed in
- mixes in
- mixing in
- mixt in
- muscled in
- muscles in
- muscling in
- nose in
- nosed in
- noses in
- nosing in
- sticked nose in
- sticking nose in
• violate
- Breaching
- Infracting
- breached
- dis regard
- dis regarded
- dis regarding
- dis regards
- dis-regard
- dis-regarded
- dis-regarding
- dis-regards
- infract
- infracts
- pro fane
- pro fanes
- pro-fane
- pro-fanes
- sacrileged
- tamper with
- tampered with
- tampering with
- tampers with
- trample on
- trampled on
- tramples on
- trampling on
v. t.
• noun
- misdemean

Usage examples for Behave

How does a lava stream entering a lake or the sea behave in regard to the sediment gathering therein?

"Geology"

James Geikie

He must behave well, and let the people look as long as they wished, for they were to be his people now, and his home was to be among them.

"The Man from Jericho"

Edwin Carlile Litsey

I'll not make you any promises, but I'll see how you behave, for I've come here to stay.

"The Man from Jericho"

Edwin Carlile Litsey

Famous quotes with Behave

I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.

Floyd Abrams
I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one.

Josef Albers
British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.

Jean-Jacques Annaud
Fighters with 13 fights are winning world titles, and of course they don't know how to behave.

Alexis Arguello
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.

Alexis Arguello

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