respectful

1. 1.

   full of or exhibiting respect

   “respectful behavior”

   “a respectful glance”

   Antonymsdisrespectful

   Similardeferenthonorific
2. 2.

   feeling or manifesting veneration

   Synonymsreverentialvenerating

   Similarreverent

Questions about respectful

What does respectful mean?

respectful means "full of or exhibiting respect". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in respectful?

respectful has 3 syllables: re-spect-ful. The stress falls on "spect". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈspɛktfəl/.

What is another word for respectful?

Close synonyms include reverential, venerating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of respectful?

The recorded antonyms are disrespectful.

Is respectful a common word?

respectful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with respectful?

1 word rhymes with respectful. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.