Synonyms of behaving

behaving 1 of 2

adjective

as in behaved

Related Words

• behaved
• complying
• orderly
• obedient
• compliant
• submissive
• acquiescent
• dutiful
• moral
• correct
• polite
• courteous
• decorous
• considerate
• proper
• kindly
• mannerly
• divine
• nice
• docile
• clean
• respectable
• thoughtful
• tractable
• decent
• angelic
• amenable
• pleasant
• amiable
• complaisant
• heavenly
• good-natured
• obliging
• governable
• discreet
• cherubic
• modest
• mature
• adult
• grown-up

Dissimilar Words

• contrary
• bad
• mischievous
• naughty
• errant
• improper
• misbehaving
• disrespectful
• defiant
• uncouth
• rude
• insolent
• impudent
• unmannerly
• indecorous
• impolite
• froward
• disobedient
• refractory
• unruly
• untoward
• recalcitrant
• intractable
• willful
• ill-mannered
• obstreperous
• headstrong
• ill-natured
• transgressing

behaving

2 of 2

verb

present participle of behave

as in carrying

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

• carrying
• acquitting
• conducting
• handling
• restraining
• composing
• containing
• comporting
• controlling
• demeaning
• collecting
• quitting
• deporting
• playing
• acting
• checking
• inhibiting
• constraining
• bearing
• repressing
• curbing
• modulating
• moderating
• quieting
• tempering
• impersonating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misbehaving
• carrying on
• cutting up
• acting up
• misconducting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of behaving

Verb

Once markets stop pricing free cash flow and start pricing a president’s next move, the bubble stops behaving like a discrete event with a beginning and an end, and starts behaving like a permanent condition. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Without clear visibility into how AI systems are behaving, organizations risk creating environments where costs get out of control and accountability disappears. — Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Being a pro athlete doesn’t exempt you from behaving respectfully in society. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026

That created the risk of the inverter and load behaving suboptimally under heavier draw. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026

Treasury yields eased in the bond market after a report said inflation is behaving pretty much as economists expected. — ABC News, 25 June 2026

Others depend on third-place permutations, favourable routes through the draw and several rounds of the favourites behaving like favourites. — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 23 June 2026

To be absolutely clear, nobody, except maybe Melanie, is behaving honorably here, but a good Love Island story line isn’t measured in admirable behavior; it is measured in juice — and Melanie, Corbin, Kenzie, and Caleb have it. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 16 June 2026