behavior

I

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Public manner(s)]

Syn. conduct, deportment, comportment, bearing, mien, demeanor, air, presence, carriage, manner(s), action(s), attitude(s), way of life, speech, talk, tone, morals, habits, tact, etiquette, protocol, social graces, seemliness, correctness, decorum, form, convention, propriety, management, mode, routine, practice, delivery, formality, style, expression, performance, front, code, role, observance, course, guise, act, deed, ethics, way, ways, dealings, what's done*.

2. [The action of an organism under given circumstances]

Syn. function, functioning, adaptation, operation, performance, action, counteraction, execution, act, adjustment, compliance, conduct, response, reaction, reflex, conditioned reflex, typical reaction.

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. conduct deportment, comportment, demeanor, manner, bearing, ways, etiquette. ''The finest of the fine arts.''—Emerson. ''No truer index to intelligence.''— Ibn Gabirol.

2. action performance, functioning, operation, reaction, response.

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The manner in which one behaves: action (often used in plural), comportment, conduct, deportment, way. See BE. 2. The way in which a machine or other thing performs or functions: functioning, operation, performance, reaction, working (often used in plural). See ACTION, MACHINE.