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

The result is a business that looks like services in terms of customer experience but increasingly behaves like software in terms of margins. — Arthur Mouratov, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Roseville Police Department Residents are being urged to keep their distance and call authorities if the bear behaves aggressively or poses an immediate threat. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Locking in supply Traditionally, memory is a volatile upstream sector that often behaves more like a commodity than a technology business. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026

In effect, the surrounding environment behaves like an unintended detector that continually checks the qubits’ state, even though nobody is intentionally measuring them. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

Unlike a felt-tip pen, which delivers a relatively consistent line, a brush liner behaves more like a tiny paintbrush. — Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2026

Customers with almost no technical background can collect and label sensor data, run simulations, and validate that a robotic device or vehicle behaves safely in the real world. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2026

By Anthropic’s own account, the same models that can predict how a gene-therapy virus behaves could, in the wrong hands, help design a dangerous disease. — Jesse Rothman, Boston Herald, 17 July 2026

Why Cyclospora may not create lasting immunity How the parasite behaves in the body is partly why creating lasting immunity to the infection is difficult, according to health officials. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 17 July 2026