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Synonyms of the word 
BEHAVE → ACQUIT - ACT - BEAR - CARRY - COMPORT - CONDUCT - DEPORT - DO - HOLD - MOVEbehave- v. (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.
- v. (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
- v. (intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.
acquit- v. To declare or find not guilty; innocent.
- v. (followed by “of”, formerly by “from”) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability,…
- v. (obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
- v. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite, to fulfill.
- v. (reflexive) To clear oneself.
- v. (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one’s part.
- v. (obsolete) To release, set free, rescue.
- v. (archaic) past participle of acquit.
act- n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
- n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
- n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- n. The process of doing something.
- n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
- n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- n. (countable) Any organized activity.
- n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
- n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
- n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- v. (intransitive) To do something.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
- v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
- v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- v. (transitive) To play (a role).
- v. (transitive) To feign.
- v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
bear- n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and…
- n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- n. (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
- n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
- n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
- n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices…
- v. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
- v. (transitive) To carry something.
- v. (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
- v. (transitive) To wear or display.
- v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
- v. (transitive) To put up with something.
- v. (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
- v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
- v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
- v. (trasitive, intransitive) To take effect; to have influence or force.
- v. (intransitive, usually with on or upon) To relate or refer.
- v. (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
- v. (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
- v. (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
- v. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- v. (transitive) To admit or be capable of; to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- v. (transitive) To manage, wield, or direct; to behave or conduct (oneself).
- v. (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
- n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- n. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
carry- v. (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- v. To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- v. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
- v. (transitive) To stock or supply (something).
- v. (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- v. (transitive) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly.
- v. (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the…
- v. (transitive) To have or maintain (something).
- v. (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- v. (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- v. (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- v. (transitive) To have on one's person.
- v. To be pregnant (with).
- v. To have propulsive power; to propel.
- v. To hold the head; said of a horse.
- v. (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- v. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in…
- v. (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
- v. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.
- v. (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- v. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- n. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- n. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- n. (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
comport- v. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with).
- v. (intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord.
- v. (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner).
- n. (obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; deportment.
conduct- n. The act or method of controlling or directing.
- n. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
- n. The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
- n. (of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
- n. (obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
- n. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
- v. (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
- v. (transitive) To lead; to direct; to manage.
- v. (transitive) (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.
- v. (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.).
- v. (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- v. (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- v. (transitive) To carry out (something organized).
deport- v. (reflexive, now rare) To comport (oneself); to behave.
- v. (transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
do- v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
- v. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
- v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
- v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- v. (transitive) To have (as an effect).
- v. (intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
- v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- v. To cook.
- v. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- v. (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- v. (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order,…
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
- v. (transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
- v. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
- v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it).
- v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- v. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
- v. (Britain, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
- v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
- v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
- v. (transitive) To take drugs.
- v. (idomatic, transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) to have a purpose or reason.
- n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
- n. (informal) A hairdo.
- n. (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument.
- n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
- n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
- n. (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do.
- n. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
- n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- adv. (rare) Abbreviation of ditto.
hold- adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
- v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- v. (transitive) To contain or store.
- v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
- v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
- v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
- v. To take place, to occur.
- v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
- n. A grasp or grip.
- n. A place where animals are held for safety.
- n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- n. Something reserved or kept.
- n. Power over someone or something.
- n. The ability to persist.
- n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
- n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
- n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
- n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).
move- v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
- v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
- v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
- v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
- v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
- v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
- v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
- v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- n. The act of moving; a movement.
- n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
- n. The event of changing one's residence.
- n. A change in strategy.
- n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…
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