BEHAVED Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in cooperative

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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

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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

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 If consumers are inclined to believe a company behaved badly, the distinction between firing and non-renewal disappears. — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Of course, diners of all ages can be poorly behaved, but kids in restaurants tend to elicit the strongest opinions. — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2026

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More on Kingdom Kitchen & Grocery At first, Lee imagined a cooperative grocery store that would bring organic, fresh food to underserved neighborhoods.

— April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The driver, identified as 49-year-old Tarequl Ambia of Manchester, stopped after the crash and was cooperative, according to police.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of cooperative

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Prosecutors opted to retry Read, and she was acquitted of the most serious charges, second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, in June 2025.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Rogers was acquitted at trial of the more serious charge of conspiracy to commit economic espionage.

— Dan Mangan, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of acquitted

Adjective

The goal of agility is to create a disciplined environment where intuition can be tested, refined and strengthened through evidence.

— Kumar Rupesh, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
With median monthly costs around $4,800 to buy versus $2,800 to rent, experts say disciplined renters can invest the difference and potentially reach homeownership — or long-term wealth — faster.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of disciplined

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Several heavy explosions shook Kuhestak, with fireballs that lighted up the night sky, according to security camera recordings carried by the semiofficial news agency Fars.

— David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The ideas that traveled furthest were carried by story rather than analysis.

— Bryan Adams, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of carried

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Amid these organic forms, the material palette is restrained.

— Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026
Closing arguments Prosecutors argued throughout the case that Fatherley unlawfully restrained Adair by continuing to kneel on his back — and in the testimony of one deputy, pushed Adair’s head down — even after Adair began to comply with deputies.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of restrained

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said an internal investigation will be conducted and that the body-camera footage will be released to the public.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Mamdani applauded police for stopping the attack but said an internal investigation would be conducted.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026

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