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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. feeling or showing profound respect or veneration;
- Example: "maintained a reverent silence"

2. showing great reverence for god;
- Example: "a godly man"
- Example: "leading a godly life"
[syn: godly, reverent, worshipful]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reverent \Rev"er*ent\, a. [L. reverens, -entis, p. pr. of revereri. See Revere.] 1. Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples. "They . . . prostrate fell before him reverent." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission; as, reverent words; reverent behavior. --Joye. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "reverent": Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, admiring, adorant, adoring, apotheosizing, awed, awestricken, awestruck, believing, cultish, cultist, cultistic, deifying, devoted, devotional, devout, dutiful, faithful, hero-worshiping, idolatrous, idolizing, imploring, in awe, in the dust, on bended knee, pietistic, pious, prayerful, precative, precatory, prostrate before, religious, reverential, solemn, suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory, theistic, venerational, venerative, worshipful, worshiping