behaviour

Other forms of behaviour

plural

behaviours·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about behaviour

What does behaviour mean?

behaviour means "the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in behaviour?

behaviour has 3 syllables: be-ha-viour. The stress falls on "ha". In IPA it is /bɪˈheɪvjɚ/.

What is another word for behaviour?

Close synonyms include behavior, demeanor, demeanour, behavior, conduct. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is behaviour a common word?

behaviour is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with behaviour?

2 words rhyme with behaviour. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.