DEFERENTIAL Synonyms

• helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation

• obliging; willing to do favors

• inclined to comply

• willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed

• ready and willing to be taught

• easily handled or managed

• willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect

• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

• low or inferior in station or quality

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• cause to be unpretentious

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• very docile

• evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant

• dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority

• full of or exhibiting respect

• feeling or manifesting veneration

• feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

• showing great reverence for god

• feeling or manifesting veneration

• submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior

• relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants

• inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

• abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the act of conceding or yielding

• inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

• lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure

• tending to give in or surrender or agree

• showing deference