'Respectful' definitions:
Definition of 'respectful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance" [ant: disrespectful]
adjective
Feeling or manifesting veneration [syn: respectful, reverential, venerating]
Definition of 'Respectful'
From: GCIDE
- Respectful \Re*spect"ful\ (-f?l), a. Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment. [1913 Webster]
- With humble joy and with respectful fear. --Prior. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*spect"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Re*spect"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'respectful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclamatory,
- accommodating,
- admiring,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- appreciative,
- approbatory,
- attentive,
- cap in hand,
- ceremonious,
- civil,
- commendatory,
- complaisant,
- complimentary,
- conscientious,
- considerate,
- cordial,
- courteous,
- deferential,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- encomiastic,
- ethical,
- eulogistic,
- fair,
- flattering,
- gentlemanly,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- honorific,
- ladylike,
- laudatory,
- mannerly,
- moral,
- obedient,
- obliging,
- observant,
- panegyric,
- polite,
- regardful,
- reverent,
- reverential,
- scrupulous,
- solicitous,
- tactful,
- thoughtful,
- urbane,
- well-behaved,
- well-mannered
Words containing 'Respectful'
- As respects,
- In respect,
- In respect of,
- In respect to,
- Respect,
- Respectability,
- Respectable,
- Respectableness,
- Respectably,
- Respectant,
- Respected,
- Respecter,
- Respectfully,
- Respectfulness,
- Respecting,
- Respection,
- Respective,
- Respectively,
- With respect to,
- in all respects,
- in that respect,
- respects,
- A respecter of persons,
- By-respect,
- Respective symmetry,
- To have respect of persons,
- To respect the person,
- To respect the persons,
- last respects,
- title of respect,
- Self-respect,
- self-respectful,
- self-respecting