Deferential

What do we mean by deferential?

Marked by or exhibiting deference. adjective

Expressing or characterized by deference; respectful in manner.

In anatomy, conveying away or carrying off; specifically, pertaining to the vas deferens, or deferent duct of the testes.

Expressing deference; accustomed to defer. adjective

Respectful and considerate; showing deference adjective

Of, or relating to the vas deferens adjective

Showing deference adjective

Respectful and considerate; showing deference.

Based on deference; based on the doctrine, ideology, or wishes of others rather than one's own conclusions.

Of, or relating to the vas deferens.

Words that are spelled similarly to deferential:
deferential, referential, deferentia, differential, preferential, reverential, inferential, undeferential, deferentis, diferencial.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word deferential:
respectful, affirmed, rational, judgment, attitude, decisions, assessment, standard, courts, fundamental, review, respect, amendment, behavior, towards, consider, opinion, speech, court, regarding, circuit, question, authority, generation, approach, judge, agency, basis, treatment, trial, relationship, lord, emperor, whether, case, forms, cases, particular.

Words that rhyme with deferential:
potential, essential, existential, quintessential, exponential, differential, credential, tangential, confidential, influential, consequential, sequential, inconsequential, experiential, prudential, residential, torrential, providential, preferential, presidential, reverential, nonessential, inferential, jurisprudential, nonresidential, action potential, vice-presidential, cortical potential, hentschel, henschel, french hill.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective deferential:
manner, attitude, treatment, tone, behavior, respect, bow, society, way, standard, air, artery, attitudes, approach, smile, attention, voice, courtesy, terms, regard, language, behaviour, silence, review, role, politics, posture, gesture, politeness, manners, culture, style, forms, stance, form, nod, awe, relationship, tones, position, homage, servant, gestures, greeting, spirit, relations, expression, letter, consideration, dialectic, address, relationships, nation, respectueux, distance, salute, patterns, demeanor, worker, response, kindness, admiration, wife, service, glance, speech, obedience, bearing, cough, test, servants, arteries, participant, submission, bows, recognition, expressions, reply, workers, greetings, note, salutation, horror, look, standards, waiter, habits, feeling.

Consonant match to deferential:
differential.

Words that sound like deferential:
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