reverent

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Canada, UK, US/ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹənt/Canada, UK, US/ˈɹɛv.ɹənt/Australia/ˈɹev.ə.ɹənt/Australia/ˈɹev.ɹənt/

adjective

Showing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful.

Similar
reverentialadoringworshipfulawedawfulrespectfulveneratinggodly
Opposite
irreverentunreverent
OriginMiddle English reverent ← Middle French reverent ← Old French reverent →
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Meanings

adjectivereverent (comparative more reverent, superlative most reverent)

comparative more reverent · superlative most reverent

  1. Showing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful.

    Hackett was a vain, wealthy, violent gentleman, who held his blood and family in high esteem, and believed that a reverent respect was due to his great riches.

    1903, Mark Twain, A New Crime, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN

    Synonyms: reverential · Antonyms: irreverent, unreverent

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveShowing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful.

Similar
reverential
Opposite
irreverentunreverent

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefeeling or showing profound respect or veneration

Similar
adoringworshipfulawedawfulrespectfulreverentialvenerating
Opposite
irreverent

adjectiveshowing great reverence for god

Similar
godlyworshipfulpious
Also see
adoringawedawfulgodlypiousrespectfulreverendreverentialworshipful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinreverēns
  2. Old Frenchreverent
  3. Middle Frenchreverent
  4. Middle Englishreverent
  5. Englishreverent

From Middle English reverent, from Middle French reverent (from Old French reverent) and its etymon Latin reverēns. By surface analysis, revere + -ent.

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Translations

Ancient Greek εὐσεβής
  • εὐσεβής (eusebḗs)showing respect or reverence; respectful
Bulgarian почтителен
  • почтителен (počtitelen)showing respect or reverence; respectful
Catalan reverent
  • reverentshowing respect or reverence; respectful
Czech uctivý
  • uctivýshowing respect or reverence; respectful
French pieux
  • pieuxshowing respect or reverence; respectful
German ehrerbietig
  • ehrerbietigshowing respect or reverence; respectful
Irish urramach, ómósach
  • urramachshowing respect or reverence; respectful
  • ómósachshowing respect or reverence; respectful
Latin reverens
  • reverensshowing respect or reverence; respectful
Persian مکرم
  • مکرم (mokarrem)showing respect or reverence; respectful
Russian почти́тельный
  • почти́тельный (počtítelʹnyj)showing respect or reverence; respectful
Spanish reverente
  • reverenteshowing respect or reverence; respectful
Swedish vördnadsfull
  • vördnadsfullshowing respect or reverence; respectful
Turkish saygılı
  • saygılıshowing respect or reverence; respectful
Ukrainian шанобливий
  • шанобливий (šanoblyvyj)showing respect or reverence; respectful
Cite this entry
APA

reverent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverent

MLA

“reverent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reverent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverent.

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