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BEHAVING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BEHAVING?

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Associations of "Behaving" (30 Words)

Associations of "Behaving" (30 Words)

act	Take action do something. He acted in Julius Caesar.
action	Take action on deal with. A man of action.
become	Come into existence. She wanted to become* a doctor.*
comport	Conduct oneself; behave. Articulate students who comported themselves well in interviews.
conduct	Transmit a form of energy such as heat or electricity by conduction. In the second trial he conducted his own defence.
courteously	In a polite manner.
deed	Convey or transfer property or rights by legal deed. She had erred in both deed* and manner.*
deign	Do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity. She did not deign* to answer the maid s question.*
demeanor	The way a person behaves toward other people.
dissemble	Hide under a false appearance. An honest sincere person with no need to dissemble.
do	Get something done. Hi how are you doing today.
ethology	The science of animal behaviour.
feign	Make believe with the intent to deceive. She feigned nervousness.
hasty	Excessively quick. A hasty* attempt to defuse the situation.*
headlong	Excessively quick. Burst headlong* through the gate.*
hurried	Done in a hurry; rushed. I ate a hurried* breakfast.*
ideally	Preferably; in an ideal world. Her experience makes her ideally* suited to the job.*
modestly	With modesty; in a modest manner. Women are expected to dress modestly.
moralistic	Narrowly and conventionally moral. Modernized fairy tales are often moralistic* and cleaned up.*
politely	In a respectful and considerate manner. He waited politely* for me to ask questions.*
pretend	Represent fictitiously as in a play or pretend to be or act like. She pretended a greater surprise than she felt.
pretension	A claim or aspiration to a particular quality. All that we cannot tolerate is pretension* to infallibility.*
pretext	An artful or simulated semblance. The rebels had the perfect pretext* for making their move.*
prudery	Excessive or affected modesty.
prudish	Having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity; excessively concerned with sexual propriety. The prudish* moral climate of the late 19th century.*
rashly	Without careful consideration of the possible consequences; impetuously. Rashly Theresa accepts a second date with Tony.
sham	Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. He shammed a headache.
simulate	Pretend to have or feel (an emotion. Future population changes were simulated by computer.
smatter	Work with in an amateurish manner. She smatters Russian.