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Synonyms for stern
stɜrnstern

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  1. stern2

    Antonyms:
    bow

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. stern

    That is severe which is devoid of all softness, mildness, tenderness, indulgence or levity, or (in literature and art) devoid of unnecessary ornament, amplification, or embellishment of any kind; as, a severe style; as said of anything painful, severe signifies such as heavily taxes endurance or resisting power; as, a severe pain, fever, or winter. Rigid signifies primarily stiff, resisting any effort to change its shape; a corpse is said to be rigid in death; hence, in metaphorical sense, a rigid person or character is one that resists all efforts to change the will or course of conduct; a rigid rule or statement is one that admits of no deviation. Rigorous is nearly akin to rigid, but is a stronger word, having reference to action or active qualities, as rigid does to state or character; a rigid rule may be rigorously enforced. Strict (Latin stringo, bind) signifies bound or stretched tight, tense, strenuously exact. Stern unites harshness and authority with strictness or severity; stern, as said even of inanimate objects, suggests something authoritative or forbidding. Austere signifies severely simple or temperate, strict in self-restraint or discipline, and similarly unrelenting toward others. We speak of austere morality, rigid rules, rigorous discipline, stern commands, severe punishment, harsh speech or a harsh voice, hard requirements, strict injunctions, and strict obedience. Strict discipline holds one exactly and unflinchingly to the rule; rigorous discipline punishes severely any infraction of it. The austere character is seldom lovely, but it is always strong and may be grand, commanding, and estimable.

    Synonyms:
    austere, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, morose, relentless, rigid, rigorous, severe, stiff, strict, uncompromising, unmitigated, unrelenting, unyielding

    Antonyms:
    affable, bland, easy, genial, gentle, indulgent, lenient, mild, pliable, soft, sweet, tender, tractable, yielding

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stern

    Synonyms:
    severe, austere, rigid, harsh, strict, rigorous, unrelenting, unyielding, forbidding

    Antonyms:
    lenient, genial, kindly, easy, flexible, encouraging

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  1. stern, after part, quarter, poop, tailnoun

    the rear part of a ship

    Synonyms:
    fourth, fag end, tail, seat, nincompoop, butt, shite, quarter, shadower, can, nates, quartern, crap, shadow, fundament, low-down, posterior, buttocks, behind, shit, ninny, bottom, twenty-five percent, backside, bum, empennage, fourth part, tail assembly, buns, the skinny, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, one-quarter, turd, dirt, hind end, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, fanny, rear, tush, after part, poop, one-fourth, dope, rear end

    Antonyms:
    placable, fancy, indulgent, undemanding

  2. Stern, Isaac Sternnoun

    United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

    Synonyms:
    rear end, after part, tooshie, quarter, tush, derriere, fanny, bottom, backside, buttocks, hind end, rump, tail, bum, prat, rear, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, ass, arse, posterior, buns, fundament, nates, seat, tail end, keister, poop

    Antonyms:
    placable, fancy, indulgent, undemanding

  3. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assadjective

    the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

    "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

    Synonyms:
    screw, arse, keister, female genital organ, substructure, stinkpot, goat, cornerstone, lavatory, git, croup, arsehole, butt, shadower, crapper, commode, throne, skunk, base, tooshie, foundation, butt end, lav, derriere, can buoy, shag, place, seat, prat, bottomland, hind end, behind, tin can, scum bag, asshole, freighter, understructure, ass, stub, backside, after part, female genitals, tramp, female genitalia, idler, nookie, toilet, piece of tail, laughingstock, shtup, poop, foot, screwing, posterior, potty, bathroom, quarter, do-nothing, back end, dirty dog, tush, tail, merchantman, canful, can, croupe, butt joint, john, back tooth, bunghole, nates, rat, rump, nooky, pot, back, privy, underside, piece of ass, rear end, rear, layabout, bottom, buns, merchant ship, undersurface, tail assembly, hobo, loafer, fundament, stool, roll in the hay, empennage, rotter, so-and-so, stooge, target, stinker, buttocks, bottom of the inning, hindquarters, bum, cigaret, coffin nail, tin, crumb, groundwork, shadow, fag end, cigarette, bed, basis, tail end, fanny, lowlife, puke

    Antonyms:
    placable, undemanding, indulgent, fancy

  4. austere, sternadjective

    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

    "an austere expression"; "a stern face"

    Synonyms:
    exacting, stark, spartan, severe, unrelenting, strict, inexorable, austere, ascetical, unappeasable, relentless, ascetic, grim, unforgiving

    Antonyms:
    undemanding, fancy, indulgent, placable

  5. grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelentingadjective

    not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

    "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"

    Synonyms:
    down(p), dispirited, downcast, intransigent, brutal, exacting, severe, forbidding, persistent, austere, dismal, dark, sick, disconsolate, black, grisly, low, unrelenting, down in the mouth, blue, unappeasable, gruesome, macabre, downhearted, grim, mordant, stark, dour, adamantine, strict, relentless, unforgiving, sorry, gloomy, drab, ghastly, depressed, dingy, inexorable, dreary, drear, low-spirited, adamant

    Antonyms:
    indulgent, undemanding, placable, fancy

  6. stern, strict, exactingadjective

    severe and unremitting in making demands

    "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

    Synonyms:
    severe, hard-and-fast, stark, relentless, grim, exigent, strict, inexorable, unrelenting, unappeasable, nonindulgent, exacting, unforgiving, austere, fastidious, rigorous, rigid

    Antonyms:
    undemanding, placable, indulgent, fancy

  7. austere, severe, stark, sternadjective

    severely simple

    "a stark interior"

    Synonyms:
    life-threatening, perfect(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, double-dyed(a), austere, serious, ascetic, bare, arrant(a), stark, severe, desolate, staring(a), unrelenting, grievous, sodding(a), unappeasable, grave, everlasting(a), crude(a), dangerous, wicked, complete(a), hard, gross(a), terrible, stark(a), pure(a), relentless, barren, unforgiving, blunt, grim, bleak, inexorable, exacting, thoroughgoing(a), strict, ascetical, utter(a), spartan, knockout

    Antonyms:
    indulgent, placable, fancy, undemanding

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. strictadjective

    being able to give discipline with no regret

    mrs.bianca is a very stern, but nice teacher.

    Submitted by anonymous on August 11, 2022  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sternadjective

    Synonyms:
    forbidding, austere, severe, rigid

  2. sternadjective

    Synonyms:
    harsh, cruel, bitter, rigorous, strict, hard, unrelenting, inflexible, uncompromising

  3. sternnoun

    Synonyms:
    hinder part (of a vessel)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sternadjective

    Synonyms:
    austere, rigorous, exacting, strict, hard-hearted

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "stern":

    pupa, sterna, transom, aft, severe, strict, rear, solemn, stringent, grim

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How to use stern in a sentence?

  1. Don Shomette:

    At low tide all you see is these forest of things sticking up and at the north end of Mallows Bay, it looks like shore, but it's ships -- bow to stern, bow to stern -- I call these the flowerpot ships. Each of those ships have become islands -- some have trees 30-40 feet tall... It's very exotic, it's just beautiful.

  2. Henry Stern:

    Stern – a former teacher – said one-third of all California teachers quit before their fifthyear because of the financial hardships placed on them due to low pay and the state’s high cost of living. You're not going to be able to get paid $ 50,000 a year and go live in the Bay Area, go teach at the local school.... we think it's a pretty creative tool, we'll see how the fiscal conservatives in this house want to approach this.

  3. Erik Pevernagie:

    Cherishing the sweet reminiscence of the early hours of life can be experienced as real enchantment: Those hours when fantasy is given wings and imagination allows us to sail with our paper boats through the stern roads of our constricted life. ( "Paper boats forever" )

  4. James Judge:

    We had a group of people that were on the ground we had identified that wanted to get out, especially if things went sideways, bryan Stern, who is on our team, could feel the explosions in Kyiv and said, ‘Alright, we need to go, we need to get out of here.’.

  5. Ben Affleck:

    Howard Stern radio show's part of why I started drinking, because I was trapped.


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