| Main Entry: | insinuative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insinuating |
Synonyms: |
charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, insinuatory, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, suggestive, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | deferential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectful, considerate |
Synonyms: |
civil, complaisant, courteous, disarming, duteous, dutiful, ingratiating, ingratiatory, insinuating, insinuative, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, polite, regardful, reverential, saccharine, silken, silky, submissive |
| Notes: | deferential means showing courteous expression of regard or respect; difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; differential means relating to or showing a difference or the quality of the difference between similar things |
Antonyms: |
arrogant, disobedient, disrespectful, immodest, impolite, inconsiderate, noncompliant |
| Main Entry: | disarming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming |
Synonyms: |
bewitching, convincing, deferential, ingratiating, ingratiatory, insinuating, insinuative, inveigling, irresistible, likable, persuasive, saccharine, seductive, silken, silky, winning |
Antonyms: |
despicable, disgusting |
| Main Entry: | insinuating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | provoking doubt |
Synonyms: |
evocative, evocatory, expressive, giving an inkling, indicative, insinuative, insinuatory, intriguing, pregnant, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, significative, suggestive, symbolic, symptomatic |
| Main Entry: | insinuatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insinuating |
Synonyms: |
charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, insinuative, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, suggestive, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |