Antonyms for behave
bɪˈheɪvbe·have

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1. act, behave, doverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   misconduct, misdemean, misbehave

   Synonyms:
   perform, playact, dissemble, comport, act, move, get along, carry, suffice, fare, answer, deport, make, roleplay, arrange, coif, act as, execute, manage, cause, work, do, coiffure, play, represent, make out, practice, acquit, conduct, exercise, pretend, come, coiffe, serve, set, practise, dress, bear

2. behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carryverb

   behave in a certain manner

   "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

   Antonyms:
   misconduct, misbehave, misdemean

   Synonyms:
   exile, digest, abide, express, comport, tolerate, act, pack, have a bun in the oven, support, impart, sway, assoil, extend, carry, guide, lead, deliver, put up, take, stick out, channel, expect, deport, assume, pay, endure, take over, deal, dribble, run, extradite, do, transport, exculpate, stomach, birth, direct, hold, expatriate, transmit, clear, stock, have, acquit, brook, yield, turn out, convey, persuade, post, conduct, suffer, discharge, stand, exonerate, gestate, contain, accept, carry on, stockpile, give birth, wear, bear

3. behave, comportverb

   behave well or properly

   "The children must learn to behave"

   Antonyms:
   misdemean, misbehave, misconduct

   Synonyms:
   act, deport, do, comport, conduct, carry, acquit, bear

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1. behaveverb

   Synonyms:
   deport one's self, act, bear

How to use behave in a sentence?

1. George Bernard Shaw, Candida (1898) act 1:

   Do you think that the things people make fools of themselves about are any less real and true than the things they behave sensibly about? They are more true: they are the only things that are true.

2. Gloria Steinem:

   Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.

3. Megan Crandall:

   We move forward with the idea that this is open to interested people and everyone will behave appropriately and well.

4. Kelli Arena:

   My son, 13, said he felt bad for her for being humiliated in public but hoped that maybe she would behave differently from now on.

5. Henry Kissinger:

   The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision.

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