COMPORTMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Dignified manner or conduct

Synonyms:

bearing; comportment; mien; presence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("comportment" is a kind of...):

manner; personal manner (a way of acting or behaving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "comportment"):

dignity; gravitas; lordliness (formality in bearing and appearance)

Derivation:

comport (behave in a certain manner)

comport (behave well or properly)