Mean and Well behaved

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Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Well behaved is an antonym for mean.

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Well behaved adjective - (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct.

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Mean is an antonym for well behaved in topics: gentle, mannerly, moral, polite and courteous.

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Well behaved and Mean. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mean/well_behaved

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