Reverent

Definitions: Reverent

Reverent

Adjective

1. Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence".

2. Showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life".

Date "reverent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Reverent \Rev"er*ent\, adjective. [Latin expression reverens, -entis, present participle of revereri. See Revere.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Reverent

Synonyms: godly (adj), worshipful (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: irreverent (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Piety	Adjective: pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly-minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic; saintly, saint-like; seraphic, sacred, solemn.
Worship	Adjective: worshipping;Verb: devout, devotional, reverent, pure, solemn; fervid; (heartfelt).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Reverent

English words defined with "reverent": Communion ♦ Obeisant, orison ♦ petition, prayer ♦ reverence, reverentially, reverently ♦ Self-reverence ♦ The devout. (references)

Specialty definitions using "reverent": Gunpowder ♦ INFIDEL ♦ Predestination ♦ Religion. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A Brief Wedding Guide to Reverent Rituals: Setting the Stage for the Perfect Ceremony (reference) About Fiction: Reverent Reflections on the Nature of Fiction With Irreverent Observations on Writers, Readers and Other Abuses. (reference) Be Reverent (reference) Eco-Spirituality: Toward a Reverent Life (reference) From Twisted Ear to Reverent Tear (reference) (more book examples)
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	Toward the monk the coal burner was deeply reverent.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
John Ruskin	An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.
Thomas B. Aldrich	To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
Tryon Edwards	True art is reverent imitation of God.
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Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured and looked up to with reverent awe. (reference)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the invention of gunpowder is ascribed to the Chinese, but not upon very convincing evidence. Milton says it was invented by the devil to dispel angels with, and this opinion seems to derive some support from the scarcity of angels. Moreover, it has the hearty concurrence of the Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. Secretary Wilson became interested in gunpowder through an event that occurred on the Government experimental farm in the District of Columbia. One day, several years ago, a rogue imperfectly reverent of the Secretary's profound attainments and personal character presented him with a sack of gunpowder, representing it as the sed of the Flashawful flabbergastor, a Patagonian cereal of great commercial value, admirably adapted to this climate. The good Secretary was instructed to spill it along in a furrow and afterward inhume it with soil. This he at once proceeded to do, and had made a continuous line of it all the way across a ten-acre field, when he was made to look backward by a shout from the generous donor, who at once dropped a lighted match into the furrow at the starting-point. Contact with the earth had somewhat dampened the powder, but the startled functionary saw himself pursued by a tall moving pillar of fire and smoke and fierce evolution. He stood for a moment paralyzed and speechless, then he recollected an engagement and, dropping all, absented himself thence with such surprising celerity that to the eyes of spectators along the route selected he appeared like a long, dim streak prolonging itself with inconceivable rapidity through seven villages, and audibly refusing to be comforted. "Great Scott! what is that?" cried a surveyor's chainman, shading his eyes and gazing at the fading line of agriculturist which bisected his visible horizon. "That," said the surveyor, carelessly glancing at the phenomenon and again centering his attention upon his instrument, "is the Meridian of Washington." H
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Warren G. Harding	1921-1923	My most reverent prayer for America is for industrial peace, with its rewards, widely and generally distributed, amid the inspirations of equal opportunity.
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"Reverent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reverent" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	59	44,010

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "reverent": reverent-openness-before-life.
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Language		Translations for "reverent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏معجب (fan), ‏مبجل (dignified, distinguished, esteemed, glorified, honorable, honourable, reverend, venerable), ‏توقيري, ‏تبجيلي (honorable, honourable, reverential). (various references)

Chinese		畢恭畢敬 (extremely deferential, reverent and respectful). (various references)

Czech		uctivý (deferential, regardful, respectful). (various references)

Farsi		محترم (Honorable, Respectable). (various references)

French		respectueux (respectfull), révérencieux. (various references)

German		pietätvoll (pious), ehrfurchtsvoll, ehrfürchtig (fearful, religious, reverential), andächtig (devotional, devout, devoutly, in prayer, pious, rapt). (various references)

Greek		ταπεινόσ (abject, humble, low, lowly, menial, unobtrusive, unpretentious). (various references)

Hebrew		מעריץ (admirer, adorer, aficionado, fan), ירא שמים (god fearing, godly, pious). (various references)

Hungarian		tiszteletteljes (deferential, respectful, reverential). (various references)

Italian		riverente. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		恭しい (respectful). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		うやうやしい (respectful). (various references)

Pig Latin		everentray

Portuguese		reverente (respectful), respeitoso (duteous, regardful, respectful). (various references)

Romanian		respectuos (deferent, deferential, dutiful, dutifully, observant, respectful, respectfully), smerit (humbly, quakerish). (various references)

Russian		почтительный (deferential, respectful, worshipful). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pun poštovanja (deferential, respectful). (various references)

Spanish		reverente (obeisant). (various references)

Swedish		vördnadsfull (respectful, reverential, worshipful). (various references)

Turkish		saygılı (considerate, courteous, deferent, deferential, dutiful, fearful, obeisant, pious, regardful, respectful, reverential), hürmetkâr (deferent, deferential, dutiful, respectful). (various references)

Ukranian		шанобливий (assentaneous, awesome, complacent, deferent, deferential, dutiful, honorific, obeisant, respectful, reverential), благоговійний (awesome). (various references)

Vietnamese		tôn kính (deferential, obeisant, venerate), kính trọng (deferential), cung kính, Đức cha. (various references)

Welsh		parchedig (revered, Reverend), addolgar (devout). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	reverens, timorati, timoratior, timoratus. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	nemangha. (various references)
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "reverent": reverential, reverentially, reverently. (additional references)
	Words ending with "reverent": irreverent. (additional references)
	Words containing "reverent": irreverently. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Reverent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fecerunt, gravement, regerent, revalent, revehent, revelent, revenent, reverant, reveren, Reveron, rev'renc, Riverina, trouverent. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "reverent" (pronounced re"verunt)
7	r e" v er u n t	irreverent.
4	-er u n t	accelerant, afferent, aspirant, belligerent, cormorant, deodorant, different, efferent, expectorant, exuberant, ignorant, intolerant, itinerant, odorant, operant, refrigerant, tolerant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irritant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-n-r-r-t-v"
	-1 letter: enterer, reenter, terreen, terrene.
	-2 letters: entree, eterne, evener, renter, retene, revere, revert, teener, veneer, venter.
	-3 letters: enter, event, evert, nerve, never, reeve, rente, revet, terne, treen.
	-4 letters: erne, even, ever, neve, rent, rete, teen, tern, tree, veer, vent, vert.
	-5 letters: ere, ern, err, eve, nee, net, ree, ret, rev, tee, ten, vee, vet.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-n-r-r-t-v"
	+1 letter: preventer.
	+2 letters: intervener, irreverent, preventers, reverently.
	+3 letters: interveners, interviewer, overearnest, reconverted, reinnervate, reinterview, reverberant, reverential.
	+4 letters: interpretive, interservice, interviewers, invertebrate, irreverently, overexerting, overexertion, overwintered, peradventure, preinterview, regenerative, reinnervated, reinnervates, reinterviews, remunerative, veterinaries.
	+5 letters: enteroviruses, interobserver, invertebrates, overenergetic, overexertions, overexuberant, oversecretion, overtreatment, peradventures, perseverating, perseveration, pervertedness, preinterviews, reintegrative, reinterviewed, reverberantly, reverberating, reverberation, reverentially.
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