Synonyms of behaves

behaves

verb

present tense third-person singular of behave

as in carries

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

• carries
• acquits
• conducts
• handles
• composes
• restrains
• contains
• comports
• demeans
• collects
• quits
• plays
• controls
• inhibits
• deports
• modulates
• constrains
• represses
• acts
• bears
• checks
• curbs
• quiets
• moderates
• impersonates
• tempers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misbehaves
• carries on
• cuts up
• acts up
• misconducts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of behaves

Deep underground salt behaves like a slow-moving plastic under the weight of the earth (salt creep). — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Leave it in its normal mode and the SQ5 behaves like a civilized luxury crossover. — New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026

If a coyote behaves aggressively or poses an immediate threat to people, move to a safe location and call 911. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Still, Luria sees Micron as particularly well positioned because of its exposure to HBM, which is becoming more critical to AI computing and no longer behaves like the commodity memory of the past. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

That connection could give advanced software a more realistic understanding of how a specific nuclear plant behaves. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026

Yet many users rarely revisit their settings after the initial setup, even as apps, software updates and changing habits can affect what data is collected, which features have access to it and how the device behaves. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

That adaptability is important because the researchers found that traditional deterministic planning works well when everything behaves exactly as expected. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Nevertheless, the memo presents a dramatic departure from the way America's private sector currently behaves in cyberspace. — Henry Larson, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026