behave - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

Synonyms

• act
• behave
• do

More specific

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

Related

• act
• act as
• dissemble
• play
• pretend

Verb

behave in a certain manner

Synonyms

• acquit
• bear
• behave
• carry
• comport
• conduct
• deport

More generic

• act
• bear
• carry
• hold
• move

More specific

• assert
• deal
• fluster
• pose
• posture
• put forward
• walk around

Verb

behave well or properly

Synonyms

• behave
• comport

More generic

• act
• move

Opposite / Antonyms

• misbehave

More specific

• assert oneself
• remember oneself
• walk

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