One entry found for respectful.

Entry Word: respectful
Function: adjective
Text: marked by or showing proper regard for another's higher status <the children were remarkably respectful while in the President's office>
Synonyms deferential, dutiful, regardful
Related Words reverent, reverential, venerating, worshipful; fawning, groveling (or grovelling), obsequious, servile, subservient, sycophantic, toadying; civil, courteous, gracious, polite
Near Antonyms abusive, insulting, offensive; contemptuous, impudent, irreverent; discourteous, insolent, rude, uncivil
Antonyms disrespectful