Synonyms of behaved

behaved 1 of 2

adjective

as in cooperative

Related Words

• cooperative
• disciplined
• well-bred
• amiable
• deferential
• acquiescent
• obliging
• courteous
• respectful
• polite
• agreeable
• yielding
• servile
• mannerly
• obsequious
• subservient
• orderly
• obedient
• docile
• decorous
• controllable
• submissive
• compliant
• slavish
• manageable
• tractable
• conformable
• kowtowing
• amenable
• trainable
• proper
• governable
• biddable
• ruly

Dissimilar Words

• uncooperative
• undisciplined
• noncooperative
• defiant
• contrary
• disobedient
• rebellious
• refractory
• unruly
• contumacious
• recalcitrant
• intractable
• insubordinate
• wayward
• willful
• obstreperous
• ungovernable
• restive
• untoward
• rebel
• balky
• mutinous
• froward
• recusant
• insurgent
• incompliant

behaved

2 of 2

verb

past tense of behave

as in acquitted

to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way

if the children behave themselves properly and sit quietly during church, they'll get their ice cream afterward

Synonyms & Similar Words

• acquitted
• carried
• restrained
• conducted
• composed
• handled
• contained
• bore
• comported
• deported
• demeaned
• controlled
• collected
• constrained
• checked
• inhibited
• quit
• acted
• repressed
• tempered
• modulated
• played
• curbed
• quieted
• moderated
• impersonated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misbehaved
• carried on
• cut up
• misconducted
• acted up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of behaved

Adjective

Forget about the ill-behaved, performative fans hoping to go viral on TikTok for unseemly behavior. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 14 June 2026

For families There are a couple of (very well behaved) babies here during my stay, but no kids dive-bombing the pool, and the stairs around this maze of a property aren’t particularly stroller friendly. — Sarah Leigh Bannerman, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2026

Verb

The researchers considered an idealized case in which both rubidium and krypton atoms behaved as bosons. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

In Empa's earlier work, introducing phosphorus dramatically changed how the epoxy behaved in a fire. — New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026

That is a deliberate correction to how the category has behaved. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

The signal in that is post-Covid travel has behaved like a secular growth story, not a cyclical one. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

According to Briones, the pair initially entered the restaurant and behaved like regular customers. — Ivan Taylor, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

The incident was quickly followed by a slew of other companies reporting instances where AI agents behaved in unexpected ways. — Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026

The Islamic Republic has alternately—or simultaneously—behaved like a cause and a rational nation. — Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

In another part of the study, the research team saw that fat cells behaved differently when drenched with blood collected from the HIIT folks, including changes involved in many genes that regulate fat and whole-body metabolism. — Will Stone, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026