Word Meanings - RESPECT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

respectum, to look back, respect; pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, 1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed. Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood.

Additional info about word: RESPECT

respectum, to look back, respect; pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, 1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed. Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. Shak. In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs. Bacon. 2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. "I do respect thee as my soul." Shak. 3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the Sir T. Browne. 4. To regard; to consider; to deem. To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as his own respected him to death. B. Jonson. 5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relateto; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce. As respects, as regards; with regard to; as to. Macaulay. -- To respect the person or persons, to favor a person, or persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. "Ye shall not respect persons in judgment." Deut. i. 17. Syn. -- To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RESPECT)

• Appreciate
• Esteem
• recognize
• acknowledge
• respect
• value
• prize
• regard
• reckon
• estimate
• Caste
• Order
• class
• rank
• lineage
• race
• blood
• dignity
• Deference
• Respect
• consideration
• condescension
• contention
• honor
• veneration
• submission
• reverence
• obedience
• homage
• allegiance
• Price
• consider
• deem
• judge
• believe
• think
• affect
• appreciate
• revere
• admire
• venerate
• love
• like
• Homage
• Fealty
• worship
• deference
• fiance

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RESPECT)

• Miss
• overlook
• disregard
• despise
• dislike
• contemn
• hate
• loathe
• misconsider
• misconceive
• misestimate
• misjudge
• Overlook
• dishonor
• Miscompute
• disesteem
• vilipend
• underrate
• undervalue
• underestimate
• cheapen
• vilify
• Abominate

Related words: (words related to RESPECT)

• WORSHIPFUL
  Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically. "This is worshipful society." Shak. so dear and worshipful. Chaucer. -- Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv.
• THINKING
  Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• CLASSIFIC
  Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
• BLOODSUCKER
  Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species. 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. Shak. 3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an
• CLASSIFICATORY
  Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.
• MISJUDGE
  To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
• BLOODSHEDDER
  One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
• CLASSICISM
  A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
• ADMIRED
  1. Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem. 2. Wonderful; also, admirable. "Admired disorder." " Admired Miranda." Shak.
• RECKON
  reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• AFFECTATIONIST
  One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
• CONSIDERINGLY
  With consideration or deliberation.
• RECKONER
  One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculation, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.
• CLASSIS
  An ecclesiastical body or judicat (more info) 1. A class or order; sort; kind. His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.
• BLOODULF
  The European bullfinch.
• APPRECIATE
  a price, appraise; ad + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. 1. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value. To appreciate the motives of their enemies. Gibbon. 3. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed
• MISCOMPUTE
  To compute erroneously. Sir T. Browne.
• OBEDIENCE
  1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames. 2. Words or actions denoting
• 'SBLOOD
  An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath. Shak.
• OVERAFFECT
  To affect or care for unduly. Milton.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• MISAFFECT
  To dislike.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• UNCONSIDERED
  Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling. A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. Shak.