You had better keep him at a respectful distance.
Source: tatoeba (15800)
Respectful
//ɹɪˈspɛkt.fl̩//
Synonyms for "respectful" (55 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (27)
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Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- محترم adj (characterized by respect)
- مُحْتَرَم adj (characterized by respect)
Belarusian
2 entries- паважлівы adj (characterized by respect)
- пачцівы adj (characterized by respect)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вежлив adj (characterized by respect)
- почтителен adj (characterized by respect)
Catalan
1 entries- respectuós adj (characterized by respect)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 恭敬 adj (characterized by respect)
Dutch
2 entries- eerbiedig adj (characterized by respect)
- respectvol adj (characterized by respect)
Esperanto
3 entries- altestima adj (characterized by respect)
- respekta adj (characterized by respect)
- respektema adj (characterized by respect)
Finnish
1 entries- kunnioittava adj (characterized by respect)
French
1 entries- respectueux adj (characterized by respect)
Galician
1 entries- respectuoso adj (characterized by respect)
German
1 entries- respektvoll adj (characterized by respect)
Hindi
1 entries- सम्मानपूर्वक adj (characterized by respect)
Ido
2 entries- respektema adj (characterized by respect)
- respektoza adj (characterized by respect)
Irish
2 entries- measúil adj (characterized by respect)
- ómósach adj (characterized by respect)
Italian
1 entries- rispettoso adj (characterized by respect)
Japanese
1 entries- 恭しい adj (characterized by respect)
Khmer
1 entries- មានគារវៈ adj (characterized by respect)
Korean
1 entries- 공손한 adj (characterized by respect)
Latin
1 entries- reverens adj (characterized by respect)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pagarbus adj (characterized by respect)
Māori
1 entries- ngākau whakaute adj (characterized by respect)
Norman
1 entries- respectueux adj (characterized by respect)
Occitan
1 entries- respectuós adj (characterized by respect)
Persian
1 entries- محترمانه adj (characterized by respect)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- heeflich adj (characterized by respect)
Polish
1 entries- atencjonalny adj (characterized by respect)
Portuguese
1 entries- respeitoso adj (characterized by respect)
Romanian
1 entries- respectuos adj (characterized by respect)
Russian
2 entries- почти́тельный adj (characterized by respect)
- уважи́тельный adj (characterized by respect)
Slovene
1 entries- spoštljiv adj (characterized by respect)
Spanish
1 entries- respetuoso adj (characterized by respect)
Tagalog
1 entries- magalang adj (characterized by respect)
Turkish
1 entries- saygılı adj (characterized by respect)
Ukrainian
1 entries- шанобли́вий adj (characterized by respect)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kính cẩn adj (characterized by respect)
- lễ phép adj (characterized by respect)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
You should be respectful to your teachers.
Source: tatoeba (19067)
I stood at a respectful distance from the old man.
Source: tatoeba (262288)
We have to be respectful to our seniors.
Source: tatoeba (268361)
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