conduct

Main Entry:
conduct [n. kon-duhkt; v. kuhn-duhkt]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: administration
Synonyms: care, carrying on, channels, charge, control, direction, execution, guidance, handling, intendance, leadership, management, manipulation, organization, oversight, plan, policy, posture, red tape, regimen, regulation, rule, running, strategy, superintendence, supervision, tactics, transaction, treatment, wielding
Main Entry: conduct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: administer
Synonyms: accompany, attend, call the tune, carry on*, chair, chaperon, control, convey, direct, engineer, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, operate, ordain, order, organize, oversee, pilot, preside over, regulate, ride herd on, rule, run, run things, shepherd, steer, supervise, trailblaze, usher, wield baton
Main Entry: conduct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: comport oneself
Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, demean, deport, go on, quit
Main Entry: conduct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: transport
Synonyms: accompany, attend, bring, carry, chaperon, companion, convoy, escort, guide, lead, move, pass on, pilot, route, send, shepherd, show, steer, transfer
Antonyms: leave
Related Words
Main Entry: conduct
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
businesslike, conducting, executive, howgates, othergates, practical, shabash, strategical
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Conduct.
Category: 2. Complex voluntary action
Synonyms:
-nouns
conduct; behavior; deportment, comportment; carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance., dealing, transaction (action); business., tactics, game, policy, polity; generalship, statesmanship, seamanship; strategy, strategics; plan., management; husbandry; housekeeping, housewifery; stewardship; menage; regime; economy, economics; political economy; government (direction)., execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record., course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding; role; process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi; method, path.
-verbs
transact, execute; despatch, dispatch; proceed with, discharge; carry on, carry through, carry out, carry into effect; work out; go through, get through; enact; put into practice; officiate., bear oneself, behave onself, comport oneself, demean oneself, carry onself, conduct onself, acquit oneself., run a race, lead a life, play a game; take a course, adopt a course; steer one's course, shape one's course; play one's paint, play one's cards, shift for oneself; paddle one's own canoe; bail one's own boat., conduct; manage (direct)., deal with, have to do with; treat, handle a case; take steps, take measures.
-adjectives
conducting; strategical, businesslike, practical, executive. [more]
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Main Entry: accompany
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go or be with something
Synonyms: associate with, attend, chaperon, come along, conduct, consort, convoy, date, dog*, draft*, drag*, escort, follow, go along, guard, guide, hang around with, hang out*, keep company, lead, look after, shadow, shlep along, show about, show around, spook, squire, stick to, string along, tag along, tailgate, take out, usher
Antonyms: abandon, desert, leave, withdraw
Main Entry: acquit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: behave some way
Synonyms: act, bear, carry, comport, conduct, deport, perform
Notes: one is absolved of blame or responsibility but is acquitted of a charge, usually a crime
Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: behave in a certain way
Synonyms: appear, behave, carry, carry oneself, carry out, comport, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, give the appearance, go about, impress as, operate, perform, play part, react, represent oneself, seem, serve, strike, take on
Notes: an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act
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