well-behaved
/wɛlbɪˈheɪvd/
well-behaved adjective: having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
Adjective
well-behaved (comparative better-behaved or more well-behaved, superlative best-behaved or most well-behaved)
- Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
- The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty.
- How bright were the fire-irons; how clean the Dutch riles round the old-fashioned fire-place, how well-behaved even the cat.1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter II, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 35
- Synonyms:
- mannersome, seemly, well-mannered
- Antonyms:
- ill-behaved
- Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.
- Antonyms:
- degenerate, pathological
well-behaved meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam
well-behaved in Hindi
- having good manners and acting properly
- शिष्टाचारी śiṣṭācārī
well-behaved in Marathi
- well-behaved, well-mannered, well-tempered; of good disposition
- सुशील suśīl
well-behaved in Bengali
- well-behaved, dear
- লক্ষ্মী lokkhi
well-behaved in Malayalam
- well-behaved, decent, decorous
- വിനീത vinīta
More languagesFewer languages
- well-behaved in Kannada
- ಸಭ್ಯ, ಸುಶಿಕ್ಷಿತ, ಸದ್ವರ್ತನೆಯ, ಸುಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ
- well-behaved in Punjabi
- ਲਾਇਕ਼ lāiaq
- well-behaved in Vietnamese
- ngoan
Synonyms of well-behaved
Antonyms
Forms of well-behaved
| comparative | better-behaved |
|---|---|
| comparative | more well-behaved |
| superlative | best-behaved |
| superlative | most well-behaved |
| alternative form | well behaved |
Origin of well-behaved
From well + behaved.
Words formed from well-behaved
Questions about well-behaved
- What does well-behaved mean?
- Well-behaved means having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
- What is well-behaved in Hindi?
- Well-behaved in Hindi is शिष्टाचारी (śiṣṭācārī). See Well-behaved meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is well-behaved?
- Well-behaved is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce well-behaved?
- Well-behaved is pronounced /wɛlbɪˈheɪvd/.
Words near well-behaved in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: well-behaved (page history and authors); सुशील (Marathi) (page history and authors); লক্ষ্মী (Bengali) (page history and authors); വിനീത (Malayalam) (page history and authors); well-behaved (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਲਾਇਕ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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