VERB | social | comport, behave | behave well or properly |
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social | comport, behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, carry | behave in a certain manner |
Sounds | kahmpao'rt | |
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Rhymes | abort ... wart: 48 rhymes with aort... |
Meaning | Behave well or properly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonym | behave | |
Narrower | assert oneself | Put oneself forward in an assertive and insistent manner |
remember oneself | Recover one's good manners after a lapse / lapse or stop behaving badly | |
walk | Live or behave in a specified manner | |
Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Opposite | misbehave, misconduct, misdemean | Behave badly |
Spanish | comportarse, comportar, conducir, portar | |
Nouns | comportment | dignified manner or conduct |
Meaning | Behave in a certain manner. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, carry | |
Narrower | assert, put forward | insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized |
deal | Behave in a certain way towards others | |
fluster | Be flustered | |
pose, posture | Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others | |
walk around | Behave in a certain manner or have certain properties | |
Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
hold, carry, bear | support or hold in a certain manner | |
Spanish | comportarse, exiliar | |
Catalan | captenir-se, comportar-se, conduir-se, exiliar, portar-se | |
Nouns | comportment | dignified manner or conduct |
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