Synonyms for deportment
Definitions
- n. 1
Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.
Her deportment impressed her interviewers.
- n. 2
Conduct; public behavior.
Their deportment changed visibly as the policeman approached.
Forms
- Plural
- deportments → conducts, behaviors, demeanors, manners…
Choose the right word
Deportment is behavior as related to a set of rules; as, the pupil's deportment was faultless.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- manner Animals act in a better manner than wicked humans.
- conduct Everyone of us is responsible for his own conduct.
- manners He's so rude. I can't put up with his bad manners.
By length
- 3 letters
- air1
- 4 letters
- mine1, port1
- 5 letters
- guise1
- 6 letters
- action2, manner2
- 7 letters
- conduct2, bearing2, manners2, posture2
- 8 letters
- behavior3, carriage2, demeanor3
- 9 letters
- behaviour3, demeanour3
- 11 letters
- comportment3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (action2 = 2 syllables).