| Main Entry: | reverential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reverent |
Synonyms: |
admiring, appreciative, deferential, devout, dutiful, gracious, humble, obedient, obeisant, pious, polite, regardful, solemn, upholding, venerational, worshipful, worshipping |
| 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: | dutiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obedient |
Synonyms: |
binding, compliant, conscientious, deferential, devoted, docile, duteous, faithful, incumbent on, obligatory, punctilious, regardful, respectful, reverential, submissive |
Antonyms: |
betraying, disobedient, faithless, irresponsible, undutiful, unfaithful, unrespectful |
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meek, unassuming |
Synonyms: |
apprehensive, backward, bashful, biddable, blushing, content, courteous, deferential, demure, diffident, docile, fearful, gentle, hesitant, lowly, manageable, mild, modest, obliging, obsequious, ordinary, polite, quiet, reserved, respectful, retiring, reverential, sedate, self-conscious, self-effacing, servile, sheepish, shy, simple, soft-spoken, standoffish, submissive, subservient, supplicatory, tentative, timid, timorous, tractable, unambitious, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
assertive, boasting, brave, conceited, egotistical, insolent, pretentious, proud, showy |
| Main Entry: | loving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expressing adoration |
Synonyms: |
admiring, affectionate, amatory, amiable, amorous, anxious, appreciative, ardent, attached, attentive, benevolent, bound up, caring, concerned, considerate, cordial, dear, demonstrative, devoted, doting, earnest, enamored, erotic, expressive, faithful, fervent, fond, friendly, generous, idolatrous, impassioned, infatuated, kind, liking, loyal, passionate, respecting, reverent, reverential, romantic, sentimental, solicitous, tender, thoughtful, valuing, warm, warm-hearted, worshipful, zealous |
Antonyms: |
disliking, hating, mean |
| Main Entry: | lowly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, plain |
Synonyms: |
average, base, baseborn, cast down, common, commonplace, docile, dutiful, everyday, gentle, humble, ignoble, low, lowborn, mean, meek, menial, mild, modest, mundane, obscure, obsequious, ordinary, plebeian, poor, proletarian, prosaic, retiring, reverential, servile, simple, submissive, subordinate, unassuming, unpretentious, withdrawing |
Antonyms: |
higher, lofty, noble, pretentious, superior |
| Main Entry: | obedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-behaved; submissive |
Synonyms: |
acquiescent, amenable, at one's beck and call, attentive, biddable, complaisant, compliant, controllable, deferential, devoted, docile, docious, duteous, dutiful, faithful, governable, honoring, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, law-abiding, loyal, obeisant, obliging, observant, on a string, pliant, regardful, resigned, respectful, reverential, sheeplike, subservient, tame, tractable, under control, venerating, well-trained, willing, wrapped around finger, yielding |
Antonyms: |
contrary, disobedient, insolent, misbehaving, mutinous, obstinate, rebellious |
| Main Entry: | obeisant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | showing respect |
Synonyms: |
courtly, deferential, dutiful, regarding, respectful, respecting, reverent, reverential, servile, standing |
| Main Entry: | respectful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | courteous, mannerly |
Synonyms: |
admiring, appreciative, civil, considerate, courtly, deferential, duteous, dutiful, gracious, humble, obedient, obeisant, polite, recognizing, regardful, regarding, reverent, reverential, self-effacing, solicitous, submissive, upholding, venerating, well-mannered |
Antonyms: |
discourteous, mean, unmannerly |
| Main Entry: | reverent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectful |
Synonyms: |
admiring, appreciative, deferential, devout, dutiful, gracious, humble, obedient, obeisant, pious, polite, regardful, reverential, solemn, upholding, worshipping |