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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Honorific \Hon'or*if"ic\, adjective [See {Honor}, {-fy}, and {-ic}.] Conferring honor; tending to honor. --London Spectator.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
honorific
adjective: conferring or showing honor or respect; "honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession"
noun: an expression of respect; "the Japanese use many honorifics"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "honorific": appellation, appellative, attentive, binomen, binomial name, byname, byword, cap in hand, ceremonious, cognomen, cognominal, courteous, cryptonym, deferential, denomination, designation, diminutive, dutiful, empty title, epithet, epithetic, eponym, euonym, formal, handle, honor, honorable, honorary, hypocoristic, hyponym, in name only, label, moniker, name, namesake, nomen, nomen nudum, nominal, nominative, proper name, proper noun, quasi, regardful, respectful, scientific name, secret name, self-called, self-christened, self-styled, so-called, soi-disant, style, tag, tautonym, title, titular, titulary, trinomen, trinomial name, would-be
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