'Reverent' definitions:
Definition of 'reverent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence" [ant: irreverent]
adjective
Showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" [syn: godly, reverent, worshipful]
Definition of 'Reverent'
From: GCIDE
- Reverent \Rev"er*ent\, a. [L. reverens, -entis, p. pr. of revereri. See Revere.]
- 1. Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples. "They . . . prostrate fell before him reverent." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission; as, reverent words; reverent behavior. --Joye. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reverent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admiring,
- adorant,
- adoring,
- apotheosizing,
- awed,
- awestricken,
- awestruck,
- believing,
- Christian,
- Christianlike,
- Christianly,
- cultish,
- cultist,
- cultistic,
- deifying,
- devoted,
- devotional,
- devout,
- dutiful,
- faithful,
- hero-worshiping,
- idolatrous,
- idolizing,
- imploring,
- in awe,
- in the dust,
- on bended knee,
- pietistic,
- pious,
- prayerful,
- precative,
- precatory,
- prostrate before,
- religious,
- reverential,
- solemn,
- suppliant,
- supplicant,
- supplicatory,
- theistic,
- venerational,
- venerative,
- worshipful,
- worshiping