The Meaning of deferential

• (a.) Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

Synonyms

deferent , regardful

Rhymes

confidential , consequential , credential , differential , essential , existential , experiential , exponential , henschel , hentschel , inconsequential , inferential , influential , jurisprudential , nonessential , nonresidential , potential , preferential , presidential , providential , prudential , quintessential , residential , reverential , sequential , tangential , torrential , vice-presidential