Definition for Deferential:

• Relating to the ductus ( or vas) deferens.

Synonyms for Deferential:

• adj.

  •agreeable (adjective)
  • complaisant.
  •compliant (adjective)
  • submissive.
  •courteous (adjective)
  • decorous,
  • mannerly,
  • hospitable,
  • dignified,
  • chivalrous,
  • considerate,
  • thoughtful,
  • well-mannered,
  • obliging,
  • gracious,
  • well-bred,
  • polite,
  • courteous,
  • suave,
  • diplomatic,
  • civil,
  • ladylike,
  • agreeable,
  • graceful,
  • respectful,
  • gentlemanly,
  • noble,
  • gallant.
  •humble (adjective)
  • unpretentious,
  • unambitious.
  •ingratiating (adjective)
  • sycophantic.
  •obedient (adjective)
  • dutiful.
  •resigned (adjective)
  • unassertive.
  •respectful (adjective)
  • reverent.
  •respectful, considerate (adjective)
  • duteous,
  • courteous,
  • Insinuating,
  • ingratiating,
  • polite,
  • civil,
  • Insinuative,
  • saccharine,
  • Obeisant,
  • disarming,
  • regardful,
  • silky,
  • ingratiatory,
  • reverential,
  • complaisant,
  • obsequious,
  • obedient,
  • silken,
  • dutiful,
  • submissive.
  •reverential (adjective)
  • reverential.
  •servile (adjective)
  • devoted,
  • attending,
  • servile,
  • complaisant,
  • acquiescent,
  • slavish,
  • downtrodden,
  • curtsying,
  • humble,
  • submissive,
  • kowtowing,
  • dutiful,
  • subservient,
  • docile,
  • subordinate,
  • menial,
  • groveling,
  • inferior,
  • biddable,
  • Subjected,
  • Genuflecting,
  • feudal,
  • browbeaten,
  • yielding,
  • willing,
  • obedient.

• n.

  •
  • admiring,
  • loving,
  • ardent,
  • adoring,
  • affectionate,
  • demonstrative,
  • reverent,
  • fond.
  •
  • resist,
  • duteous,
  • Obeisant.
  •deferential (noun)
  • regardful,
  • deferent,
  • respectful.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • demonstrative,
  • admiring,
  • reverent,
  • respectfully,
  • reverential,
  • gooey,
  • affectionate,
  • Obeisant,
  • gushing,
  • adoring,
  • fond,
  • loving,
  • lovingly,
  • fuzzy,
  • duteous,
  • worshipful,
  • wonderingly.
  •
  • ardent.
  •docile
  • obsequious.
  •submissive
  • resigned.
  •Other relevant words:
  • demure,
  • receptive,
  • Insinuative,
  • lamblike,
  • gentle,
  • truckling,
  • honour,
  • obedience,
  • Obeisant,
  • unresisting,
  • low,
  • compliant,
  • slimy,
  • responsible,
  • straightforwardly,
  • long-suffering,
  • Kind-hearted,
  • affectionate,
  • compliance,
  • bovine,
  • proper,
  • crouching,
  • lenient,
  • Tender-hearted,
  • crawling,
  • accommodating,
  • ethical,
  • feminine,
  • easy,
  • smarmy,
  • liberal,
  • wheedling,
  • reliable,
  • unpretentious,
  • ceremonious,
  • female,
  • ingratiating,
  • Toadying,
  • brown-nosing,
  • passive,
  • gooey,
  • permissive,
  • kind,
  • gushing,
  • propitiatory,
  • prone,
  • malleable,
  • venerational,
  • sheepish,
  • favorable,
  • bareheaded,
  • fawning,
  • delicate,
  • truly,
  • chivalry,
  • Sycophantish,
  • flexible,
  • loving,
  • sycophantic,
  • respectfully,
  • humility,
  • duteous,
  • diligent,
  • candidly,
  • womanly,
  • Ovine,
  • tame,
  • timid,
  • reverent,
  • abject,
  • courtly,
  • reserve,
  • unreservedly,
  • moral,
  • bland,
  • positive,
  • Courteousness,
  • homage,
  • unfeignedly,
  • meek,
  • observant,
  • attentive,
  • forbearing,
  • unassertive,
  • Mean-spirited,
  • ardent,
  • sympathetic,
  • lowly,
  • fair,
  • openly,
  • fuzzy,
  • faithful,
  • ingratiatory,
  • adoring,
  • Respecting,
  • toadyish,
  • resigned,
  • accepting,
  • scrupulous,
  • filial,
  • wonderingly,
  • courtesy,
  • base,
  • pliable,
  • genuinely,
  • allegiance,
  • obsequious,
  • merciful,
  • appreciative,
  • mean,
  • shy,
  • honestly,
  • easygoing,
  • really,
  • repressed,
  • formal,
  • earnestly,
  • patient,
  • mealy-mouthed,
  • cordial,
  • regardful,
  • propriety,
  • submission,
  • urbane,
  • resist,
  • unambitious,
  • sincerely,
  • demonstrative,
  • tactful,
  • chastity,
  • tractable,
  • manageable,
  • tender,
  • soft,
  • modest,
  • uncomplaining,
  • prostrate,
  • Insinuating,
  • simply,
  • faithfully,
  • indulgent,
  • solicitous,
  • unobtrusive,
  • admiring,
  • compassionate,
  • civility,
  • silken,
  • fond,
  • truthfully,
  • directly,
  • devotion,
  • unctuous,
  • ingenuously,
  • comity,
  • artlessly,
  • pliant,
  • reverential,
  • craven,
  • Insinuatory,
  • seriously,
  • womanlike,
  • lax,
  • frankly,
  • vile,
  • subdued,
  • cringing,
  • silky,
  • heartily,
  • unassuming,
  • decency,
  • on bended knee,
  • amenable,
  • on one's knees,
  • conscientious,
  • affable,
  • saccharine,
  • lovingly,
  • flattering,
  • grovelling,
  • acquiescence,
  • disarming,
  • prostration,
  • benign,
  • Time-serving,
  • esteem,
  • tolerant,
  • unaffectedly,
  • resignation,
  • retiring,
  • courtliness,
  • obeisance,
  • punctilious,
  • modesty,
  • complaisance,
  • mild,
  • apple-polishing,
  • mousy,
  • worshipful,
  • deferent,
  • honorific.

Antonyms for Deferential:

• adj.

  • respectful, considerate
    disrespectful, uncivil, unrefined, disobedient, inconsiderate, arrogant, noncompliant, unmannerly, immodest, rude, impolite.
  • Other antonyms:
    depreciative, scornful, depreciatory, irreverent, belittling, disparaging, derogatory, contemptuous, demeaning, rude, insulting, undutiful, offensive.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    derogative.

Homophones for Deferential:

• differential, deferentially, differently.