Synonyms and antonyms of To make someone behave in a particular way in British Thesaurus

influence (verb)

to affect the way that someone thinks or behaves, or to affect the way that something happens

motivate (verb)

to make someone behave in a particular way

condition (verb)

if someone is conditioned by their experiences or by another person, they are influenced by them so that they think or behave in a particular way

incline (verb)

formal to make someone likely to behave in a particular way or to have a particular opinion or attitude

hold sway ()

to be the main influence on people’s opinions or behaviour

enter (verb)

to begin to affect someone’s actions or behaviour

implant (verb)

to put an idea or attitude into someone’s mind so that it influences their character or behaviour

predispose (verb)

formal to make someone likely to think, feel, or behave in a particular way

programme (verb)

to make a person or animal behave in a particular way

throw back on ()

to force someone to use their own abilities, powers etc because there is nothing else to use

bias (verb)

to influence someone’s opinions, decisions etc so that they behave or think in an unfair way

civilise ()

a British spelling of civilize

civilize (verb)

to make someone behave in a more polite and reasonable way

corrupt (verb)

to encourage someone to start doing dishonest, illegal, or immoral things

govern (verb)

if something governs people or their behaviour, it controls or strongly influences them

have an in with someone (spoken)

spoken to have influence with someone

humanise ()

a British spelling of humanize

humanize (verb)

to make someone kinder and more able to understand other people

involve (verb)

to put someone into a situation in which they must do something

knock some sense into someone ()

to make someone start behaving in a more sensible way

lead someone astray ()

to make someone behave badly

mould (verb)

to influence someone strongly so that they will have certain qualities or will behave in a certain way

pervert (verb)

to influence someone to behave sexually in a way that is considered to be wrong or not normal

prime (verb)

to prepare someone to behave or react in a particular way

rub off ()

if a quality that someone has rubs off, it starts to affect another person so that they start to have that quality too

rule (verb)

to influence someone’s thoughts or actions

start off (informal)

informal to make someone behave in a silly or emotional way about something