behaviors

NOUN

manner of conducting oneself

Synonyms

STRONGEST

act action attitude conduct demeanor management nature performance practice presence role style

STRONG

address air bag bearing carriage code comportment convention course dealings decency decorum deed delivery deportment ethics etiquette expression form front guise habits mien mode morals observance propriety ritual routine savoir-faire seemliness speech tact talk taste tone way ways

WEAK

social graces tenue way of life what's done

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cessation idleness inactivity inertia repose rest stoppage

STRONG

bad manners carelessness immorality impropriety indecency listening quiet silence thoughtlessness

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behaviors

Millennials and Gen Xers also exhibited the same behaviors to a much lesser extent.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Scientists now know that some members of Homo had very small brains, while evidence suggests that Paranthropus and Australopithecus were also capable of complex behaviors.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Boards “don’t act based on behaviors. They act when those behaviors create enterprise risk for the business,” she added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

He needs to be off the meds for at least 72 hours before he can be released, and he also needs to start displaying normal, wild behaviors, including aggression.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

King may have embraced direct action, but in the early 1960s he was still very much the product of his black middle-class upbringing, and he would occasionally lash out against stereotyped lower-class behaviors.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson