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behavior - 18 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | behavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of conducting oneself |
| Synonyms: | act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, what's done |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deportment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carriage, manner of person |
| Synonyms: | actions, address, air, appearance, aspect, bearing, behavior, cast, conduct, demeanor, mien, port, posture, set, stance, comportment |
| Notes: | deportment adds the sense of action or activity to a mode of conduct or behavior; comportment ('behavior or bearing') does not have this |
| Main Entry: | guise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, pretense |
| Synonyms: | air, aspect, behavior, cloak, color, cover, demeanor, disguise, dress, facade, face, false front*, fashion, form, front, mask, mien, mode, pose, posture, role, seeming, semblance, shape, show, showing, disguisement, false show, simulacrum |
| Antonyms: | reality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lifestyle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of life |
| Synonyms: | behavior, conduct, habits, style of living, way of acting |
| Main Entry: | manners |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | polite, refined social behavior |
| Synonyms: | amenities, bearing, behavior, breeding, carriage, ceremony, civilities, comportment, conduct, courtesy, culture, decorum, demeanor, deportment, dignity, elegance, etiquette, formalities, good breeding, good form, mien, mores, p's and q's, polish, politeness, politesse, propriety, protocol, refinement, social graces, sophistication, taste, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | morals |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal principles, standards |
| Synonyms: | behavior, conduct, customs, ethics, ideals, integrity, manners, morality, mores, beliefs, dogmas, ethic, habits, policies, scruples |
| Antonyms: | indecency, amorality, disrespectability, immorality, unethicalness |
| Main Entry: | policy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | procedure, tactics |
| Synonyms: | action, administration, approach, arrangement, behavior, code, course, custom, design, guideline, line, management, method, order, organization, plan, practice, program, protocol, red tape*, rule, scheme, stratagem, strategy, tenet, theory, channels, polity, the book, the numbers |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | actions |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conduct |
| Synonyms: | behavior |
| Main Entry: | bearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's conduct, posture |
| Synonyms: | address, air, aspect, attitude, behavior, carriage, demeanor, deportment, display, front, look, manner, mien, poise, port, pose, presence, set, stand, comportment |
| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity, job |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, behavior, business, charge, concern, duty, employment, exercise, faculty, goal, mark, mission, object, objective, occupation, office, operation, part, post, power, province, purpose, raison d'être, responsibility, role, service, situation, target, task, use, utility, work |
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashion, manner |
| Synonyms: | appearance, approach, bearing, behavior, carriage, characteristic, cup of tea*, custom, cut*, description, design, flash*, form, genre, groove*, habit, hand, idiosyncrasy, kind, method, mode, number, pattern, peculiarity, rage*, sort, spirit, strain, technique, tenor, thing*, tone, trait, trend, type, variety, vein, vogue, way, druthers |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | posture, physical and mental |
| Synonyms: | air, aspect, attitude, bearing, behavior, cast, conduct, demeanor, deportment, gait, look, manner, mien, pace, presence, stance, step, comportment, positure |
| Main Entry: | performance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acting, depiction |
| Synonyms: | act, appearance, ballet, behavior, burlesque, business, ceremony, concert, custom, dance, display, drama, exhibition, gig*, interpretation, matinee, offering, pageant, play, portrayal, presentation, production, recital, rehearsal, representation, review, rigmarole, rite, set, show, special, spectacle, stunt, to-do*, opera, revue, stage show |
| Antonyms: | direction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, demeanor |
| Synonyms: | address, air, aspect, aura, bearing, behavior, carriage, deportment, ease, look, mien, personality, poise, port, seeming, self-assurance, set, comportment |
| Main Entry: | feeling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a state of mind, often strong |
| Synonyms: | action, affection, appreciation, ardor, behavior, capacity, compassion, concern, cultivation, culture, delicacy, discernment, discrimination, emotion, empathy, faculty, fervor, fondness, heat, imagination, impression, intelligence, intensity, intuition, judgment, keenness, passion, pathos, pity, reaction, refinement, sensibility, sensitivity, sentiment, sentimentality, spirit, sympathy, taste, tenderness, understanding, warmth, palpability, sharpness, tangibility |
| Main Entry: | form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accepted procedure; ceremony |
| Synonyms: | behavior, by the numbers*, canon, ceremonial, conduct, convention, custom, decorum, etiquette, fashion, formality, habit, law, layout, manner, manners, method, mode, practice, precept, proceeding, process, propriety, protocol, regulation, rite, ritual, rule, setup, style, usage, way, by the book, channels, convenance, done thing, ropes |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | way |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, habit |
| Synonyms: | aspect, behavior, circumstance, condition, conduct, custom, detail, fashion, feature, fettle, form, gait, groove, guise, hook, idiosyncrasy, kick*, manner, nature, particular, personality, point, practice, praxis, respect, sense, shape, shot, situation, state, status, style, thing*, tone, trait, trick, usage, use, wont, consuetude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's experiences |
| Synonyms: | attainment, behavior, circumstances, conduct, development, enjoyment, enlightenment, growth, happiness, journey, knowledge, lifestyle, participation, personality, realization, suffering, world, hand one is dealt, human condition, trials and tribulations, vicissitudes, way of life |
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