Behavior meaning

What does “behavior” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“behavior” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: manner of acting or controlling yourself.

behavior

manner of acting or controlling yourself
Synonymsbehaviour conduct doings
the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
“the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments”
Synonymsbehaviour
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
Synonymsdemeanor demeanour behaviour conduct deportment
(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
Synonymsbehaviour

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University