Synonyms for reverence

noun

1. A reverential attitude

   respect, veneration, awe, admiration, love, regard, esteem, devotion, adoration, worship, deference, honor, glorification, exaltation, idolization, obsequiousness, fear, dread.

   Antonyms hatred*, contempt, disdain.

2. The expression of reverence

   honor, veneration, worship, devotion, obeisance, homage, prostration, genuflection, bow, piety, devoutness, religiousness; see also praise 1, 2, worship 1.

   Antonyms ridicule*, scoffing, mockery. See syn. study at honor.honor.

reverence is applied to a feeling of deep respect mingled with love for someone or something one holds sacred or inviolable and suggests a display of homage, deference, etc.; veneration implies worshipful reverence for a person or thing regarded as hallowed or sacred and specifically suggests acts of religious devotion; awe refers to a feeling of fearful or profound respect or wonder inspired by the greatness, superiority, grandeur, etc. of a person or thing and suggests an immobilizing effect; dread, as it comes into comparison here, suggests extreme fear mixed with awe or reverence a dread of divine retribution