behavioral

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UK/bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/Canada, US/bəˈheɪvjəɹəl/Australia/bɪˈhæɪvjəɹəl/New Zealand/bəˈhæɪvjəɹəl/

adjective

Of or relating to behavior.

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behavioural
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English behavior ← Middle English behavoure →
CommonScrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectivebehavioral (not comparable)

alternative behavioural

  1. USnot comparableOf or relating to behavior.

    Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.

    2012 January 28, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60

    Synonyms: behavioural

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or relating to behavior.

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behavioural

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or relating to behavior

Similar
behavioural
Also see
behavioural

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  9. Proto-Germanic*habjaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*habbjan
  11. Proto-West Germanic*bihabbjan
  12. Old Englishbehabban
  13. Middle Englishbehaven
  14. Proto-Indo-European*gʰeh₁bʰ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
  16. Proto-Italic*haβēō
  17. Latinhabeō
  18. Old Frenchavoir
  19. Middle Englishhavour
  20. Middle Englishbehavoure
  21. Englishbehavior
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishbehavioral

From behavior + -al.

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Translations

French comportemental
  • comportementalof or relating to behavior
Italian comportamentale
  • comportamentaleof or relating to behavior
Polish behawioralny
  • behawioralnyof or relating to behavior
Portuguese comportamental
  • comportamentalof or relating to behavior
Russian поведе́нческий
  • поведе́нческий (povedénčeskij)of or relating to behavior
Spanish del comportamiento, conductual
  • del comportamientoof or relating to behavior
  • conductualof or relating to behavior
Turkish davranışsal
  • davranışsalof or relating to behavior
Cite this entry
APA

behavioral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behavioral

MLA

“behavioral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behavioral. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “behavioral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behavioral.

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