Synonyms of behaviors

behaviors

noun

plural of behavior

as in actions

the way or manner in which one conducts oneself

usually the enfant terrible, he's promising to be on his best behavior for the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• actions
• demeanors
• attitudes
• manners
• traits
• characteristics
• presences
• addresses
• bearings
• looks
• habits
• comportments
• conducts
• forms
• styles
• courtesies
• etiquettes
• practices
• gestes
• deportments
• postures
• aspects
• affectations
• poses
• mores
• proprieties
• attributes
• patterns
• rules
• decorums
• customs
• modes
• protocols
• civilities
• amenities
• airs
• carriages
• habitudes
• poises
• fashions
• peculiarities
• tricks
• conventions
• singularities
• formalities
• miens
• p's and q's
• oddities
• wonts
• marks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of behaviors

The little prior research on any sort of relationship between voting in the United States and living longer largely examined how health status might predict later voting behaviors, Handy said. — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

Technology works on our conventions and behaviors, probing their weak spots, threatening to make them, and us, ridiculous. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Kids are always watching, and your own food behaviors often speak louder than words. — Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2026

Despite their harmless appearance, these exercises encouraged behaviors associated with manipulation and resistance to oversight. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026

As i4cp research analyst Katheryn Brekken explained, employees who know they’re being monitored may resort to performative behaviors, such as jiggling their mouse to appear active, rather than focusing on meaningful work. — Adithyan Rk, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

In Sguros’ five years with the police department, his performance and behaviors on the job had been scrutinized repeatedly, personnel and internal department records obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel this week show. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

In a study posted to the preprint server bioRxiv last March, Dzirasa and his colleagues tested the tool in mice with a genetic mutation that caused repetitive grooming behaviors reminiscent of OCD. — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026

For ThredUp, those overlapping behaviors present an opportunity to attract customers as households weigh competing demands on discretionary spending. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026