'Demeanor' definitions:
Definition of 'demeanor'
From: WordNet
noun
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people [syn: demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment]
Definition of 'Demeanor'
From: GCIDE
- Demeanor \De*mean"or\, n. [Written also demeanour.] [For demeanure, fr. demean. See Demean, v. t.]
- 1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. [1913 Webster]
- His demeanor was singularly pleasing. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'demeanor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- actions,
- activity,
- acts,
- address,
- affectation,
- air,
- bearing,
- behavior,
- behavior pattern,
- behavioral norm,
- behavioral science,
- brow,
- carriage,
- cast,
- cast of countenance,
- color,
- complexion,
- comportment,
- conduct,
- countenance,
- culture pattern,
- custom,
- deportment,
- doing,
- doings,
- face,
- facial appearance,
- favor,
- feature,
- features,
- folkway,
- garb,
- gestures,
- goings-on,
- guise,
- lineaments,
- lines,
- looks,
- maintien,
- manner,
- manners,
- method,
- methodology,
- methods,
- mien,
- modus vivendi,
- motions,
- movements,
- moves,
- observable behavior,
- pattern,
- physiognomy,
- poise,
- port,
- pose,
- posture,
- practice,
- praxis,
- presence,
- procedure,
- proceeding,
- set,
- social science,
- stance,
- style,
- tactics,
- tone,
- traits,
- turn,
- visage,
- way,
- way of life,
- ways