Definition for Deferential:

• Relating to the ductus ( or vas) deferens.

Synonyms for Deferential:

• adj.

  •compliant (adjective)
  • submissive.
  •courteous (adjective)
  • diplomatic,
  • well-bred,
  • gallant,
  • mannerly,
  • chivalrous,
  • hospitable,
  • gentlemanly,
  • decorous,
  • dignified,
  • suave,
  • ladylike,
  • well-mannered,
  • noble.
  •humble (adjective)
  • unpretentious,
  • unambitious.
  •ingratiating (adjective)
  • sycophantic.
  •servile (adjective)
  • devoted,
  • yielding,
  • willing,
  • inferior,
  • biddable,
  • menial,
  • browbeaten,
  • attending,
  • docile,
  • subordinate,
  • curtsying,
  • Subjected,
  • acquiescent,
  • groveling,
  • downtrodden,
  • slavish,
  • feudal,
  • Genuflecting,
  • kowtowing.

• n.

  •
  • ardent.
  •
  • resist.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • adoring,
  • wonderingly,
  • fond,
  • gushing,
  • loving,
  • demonstrative,
  • fuzzy,
  • lovingly,
  • gooey,
  • affectionate.
  •Other relevant words:
  • delicate,
  • earnestly,
  • on one's knees,
  • cordial,
  • tolerant,
  • fawning,
  • Mean-spirited,
  • mealy-mouthed,
  • bareheaded,
  • chastity,
  • candidly,
  • lamblike,
  • seriously,
  • grovelling,
  • bovine,
  • directly,
  • favorable,
  • lenient,
  • manageable,
  • slimy,
  • retiring,
  • long-suffering,
  • appreciative,
  • unreservedly,
  • civility,
  • soft,
  • accepting,
  • simply,
  • faithful,
  • indulgent,
  • mean,
  • shy,
  • demure,
  • tame,
  • Toadying,
  • timid,
  • liberal,
  • sincerely,
  • propriety,
  • punctilious,
  • Tender-hearted,
  • Time-serving,
  • compassionate,
  • truthfully,
  • artlessly,
  • low,
  • acquiescence,
  • modesty,
  • wheedling,
  • brown-nosing,
  • gentle,
  • honestly,
  • unaffectedly,
  • pliant,
  • flattering,
  • unassertive,
  • filial,
  • faithfully,
  • smarmy,
  • decency,
  • ingenuously,
  • prostration,
  • positive,
  • diligent,
  • vile,
  • Courteousness,
  • mousy,
  • womanlike,
  • Ovine,
  • Sycophantish,
  • really,
  • malleable,
  • cringing,
  • compliant,
  • Kind-hearted,
  • allegiance,
  • obedience,
  • formal,
  • reserve,
  • toadyish,
  • crawling,
  • easy,
  • abject,
  • genuinely,
  • repressed,
  • sheepish,
  • Respecting,
  • lowly,
  • amenable,
  • sympathetic,
  • receptive,
  • unfeignedly,
  • humility,
  • submission,
  • patient,
  • compliance,
  • womanly,
  • complaisance,
  • courtly,
  • bland,
  • propitiatory,
  • unassuming,
  • merciful,
  • truly,
  • responsible,
  • pliable,
  • modest,
  • female,
  • frankly,
  • apple-polishing,
  • forbearing,
  • reliable,
  • passive,
  • devotion,
  • base,
  • courtesy,
  • craven,
  • heartily,
  • truckling,
  • courtliness,
  • chivalry,
  • unctuous,
  • proper,
  • tractable,
  • resignation,
  • openly,
  • tender,
  • benign,
  • kind,
  • feminine,
  • straightforwardly,
  • comity,
  • unobtrusive,
  • easygoing,
  • subdued,
  • flexible,
  • permissive,
  • lax.

Antonyms for Deferential:

• adj.

  • respectful, considerate
    arrogant, unrefined, immodest, noncompliant, uncivil, disrespectful, impolite, unmannerly, inconsiderate, disobedient.
  • 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.