Synonyms of dutiful

dutiful

adjective

ˈdü-ti-fəl 

as in respectful

marked by or showing proper regard for another's higher status

the family showed a dutiful deference to their minister when he came to dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• respectful
• deferent
• regardful
• deferential
• reverent
• polite
• gracious
• worshipful
• civil
• reverential
• obsequious
• servile
• sycophantic
• courteous
• fawning
• venerating
• subservient
• hagiographic
• kowtowing
• toadying
• genuflecting
• groveling
• kid-glove
• kid-gloved

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disrespectful
• abusive
• offensive
• insulting
• undutiful
• contemptuous
• demeaning
• derogatory
• impudent
• scornful
• disparaging
• irreverent
• insolent
• depreciatory
• rude
• depreciative
• discourteous
• uncivil
• belittling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dutiful

Furthermore, every wager is carefully tracked by these providers, meaning that the taxing authorities can be even more dutiful in ensuring that taxpayers are paying their fair share in income taxes on sports betting activities. — Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Like that dutiful mastiff, this Urus is happiest when let off the leash. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 June 2026

Uranus is shaking your dutiful sixth house of work, health, habits and responsibility, while the North Node activates your third house of communication and everyday choices. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026

And in this rote, dutiful steadiness, I was struck by the patient sincerity of it all—and by a sense that these believers were already fomenting, in admittedly small numbers, the kind of unity that Esperanto’s skeptics say the language could never help facilitate. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026