behave
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
You should act like an adult
Types & categories
- act involuntarily hyponym
- fall over backwards hyponym
- presume hyponym
- vulgarize hyponym
- optimize hyponym
- quack hyponym
- menace hyponym
- make hyponym
- swagger hyponym
- freeze hyponym
- wanton hyponym
- romanticize hyponym
- sentimentize hyponym
- bungle hyponym
- toy hyponym
- act as hyponym
- stooge hyponym
- joke hyponym
- piffle hyponym
- make hyponym
- make as if hyponym
- lose it hyponym
- dally hyponym
- backslap hyponym
- hugger mugger hyponym
- sauce hyponym
- footle hyponym
- frivol hyponym
- swell hyponym
- follow hyponym
- loosen up hyponym
- storm hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
behave in a certain manner
She carried herself well
Types & categories
- carry hypernym
- act hypernym
- fluster hyponym
- put forward hyponym
- deal hyponym
- walk around hyponym
- posture hyponym
Related & opposite
- behavior derivation
- demeanor derivation
- comportment derivation
Sense 3 verb
behave well or properly
The children must learn to behave
Types & categories
- act hypernym
- walk hyponym
- assert oneself hyponym
- remember oneself hyponym
Related & opposite
- misconduct antonym
- comportment derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | act up |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | act as |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | pretend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | act involuntarily |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall over backwards |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | presume |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vulgarize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | optimize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | menace |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swagger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | freeze |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wanton |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | romanticize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sentimentize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bungle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | toy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | act as |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stooge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | joke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | piffle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make as if |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lose it |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dally |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | backslap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hugger mugger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sauce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | footle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | frivol |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | follow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | loosen up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | storm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | behavior |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | demeanor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comportment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | carry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluster |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | put forward |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk around |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | posture |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | misconduct |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | comportment |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | assert oneself |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | remember oneself |