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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'stem'  

1. (noun) root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Synonyms: al-Qaeda, idea, groundwork, al-Qaida, ascendent, base, substructure, composition, paper, fundament, motif, prow, theme, ascendant, basis, group, understructure, shank, stalk, nucleotide, report, foundation, etymon, radical, root, subject, floor, bow, fore, topic, free radical, melodic theme, source, ancestor, foot, antecedent, musical theme, infrastructure, alkali, cornerstone, origin, pedestal, home, rootage, tooth root, stem, base of operations, radix, root word, stand, stem turn, solution, beginning, chemical group, al-Qa'ida, bag

2. (noun) stalk, stem
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
Synonyms: shank, straw, bow, radical, still hunt, stem turn, stalk, shuck, chaff, base, theme, husk, stem, angry walk, root, stalking, fore, prow, stubble, root word

3. (noun) shank, stem
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
Synonyms: bow, root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, cannon, waist, base, shank, fore, radical, prow, stem

4. (noun) stem
the tube of a tobacco pipe
Synonyms: root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, bow, base, shank, fore, radical, prow

5. (noun) bow, fore, prow, stem
front part of a vessel or aircraft
Synonyms: curtain call, arc, bow, bowing, radical, fore, stem turn, stalk, base, obeisance, bowknot, stem, prow, root, theme, shank, root word

6. (verb) stem turn, stem
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
Synonyms: root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, bow, base, shank, fore, radical, prow, stem

7. (verb) stem
grow out of, have roots in, originate in
Synonyms: halt, stanch, staunch

8. (verb) stem
cause to point inward
Synonyms: halt, stanch, staunch

9. (verb) stem, stanch, staunch, halt
stop the flow of a liquid
Synonyms: stop, block, kibosh, halt, stanch, staunch, arrest, hold, stem

10. (verb) stem
remove the stem from
Synonyms: halt, stanch, staunch


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