Antonyms of verb misbehave

1 sense of misbehave

Sense 1
misbehave, misconduct, misdemean -- (behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning")
       Antonym of behave (Sense 3)
      => behave, comport -- (behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb misbehave

1 sense of misbehave

Sense 1
misbehave, misconduct, misdemean -- (behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning")
       => act, move -- (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel")

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