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Bowing

of Bow

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Similar meaning 2

Submissive 84% connected

Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Submissive 84% connected

Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Narrower term 7

Genuflection 76% connected

The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kotow 76% connected

The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degre…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kowtow 76% connected

The same as Kotow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Salaam 76% connected

Same as Salam.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scrape 76% connected

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scraping 76% connected

of Scrape

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spiccato 76% connected

Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Gesture 76% connected

Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Playing 76% connected

of Play

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reverence 76% connected

Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Bow 92% connected

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bowed 92% connected

of Bow

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Obeisance 92% connected

Obedience.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.