The Collaborative Dictionary

Worshipful \Wor"ship*ful\, a. 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. [1913 Webster] [She is] so dear and worshipful. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] -- Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv. -- Wor"ship*ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Word Net

worshipful adj

1 showing adoration [syn: adoring]

2 showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" [syn: godly, reverent]

Moby Thesaurus

Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, acknowledged, admiring, admitted, adorant, adoring, apotheosizing, august, awe-inspiring, awed, awesome, awestricken, awestruck, awful, believing, conventional, creditable, cultish, cultist, cultistic, customary, deifying, devoted, devotional, devout, dreadful, dutiful, established, esteemed, estimable, faithful, fixed, folk, hallowed, handed down, held in esteem, hero-worshiping, heroic, highly esteemed, highly regarded, highly reputed, highly respectable, hoary, honorable, honored, idolatrous, idolizing, immemorial, imploring, in awe, in favor, in good odor, in high favor, in the dust, inveterate, legendary, long-established, long-standing, meritorious, mythological, noble, of long standing, of the folk, on bended knee, oral, pietistic, pious, prayerful, precative, precatory, prescriptive, prestigious, prostrate before, received, recognized, religious, reputable, respectable, respected, revered, reverend, reverent, reverential, rooted, solemn, suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory, theistic, time-honored, traditional, tried and true, true-blue, understood, unwritten, venerable, venerated, venerational, venerative, well-thought-of, worshiping, worthy

see Worshipful

English

Adjective

1. Showing reverence; tending to worship.