Synonyms for stem
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stemverb

   Synonyms:
   oppose, breast, withstand, obstruct, confront

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1. root, root word, base, stem, theme, radicalnoun

   (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

   "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

   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, base of operations, radix, root word, stand, stem turn, solution, beginning, chemical group, al-Qa'ida, bag

2. stalk, stemnoun

   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, angry walk, root, stalking, fore, prow, stubble, root word

3. shank, stemnoun

   cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

   Synonyms:
   bow, root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, cannon, waist, base, shank, fore, radical, prow

4. stemnoun

   the tube of a tobacco pipe

   Synonyms:
   root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, bow, base, shank, fore, radical, prow

5. bow, fore, prow, stemnoun

   front part of a vessel or aircraft

   "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

   Synonyms:
   curtain call, arc, bow, bowing, radical, fore, stem turn, stalk, base, obeisance, bowknot, prow, root, theme, shank, root word

6. stem turn, stemverb

   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

7. stemverb

   grow out of, have roots in, originate in

   "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"

   Synonyms:
   halt, stanch, staunch

8. stemverb

   cause to point inward

   "stem your skis"

   Synonyms:
   halt, stanch, staunch

9. stem, stanch, staunch, haltverb

   stop the flow of a liquid

   "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"

   Synonyms:
   stop, block, kibosh, halt, stanch, staunch, arrest, hold

10. stemverb

    remove the stem from

    "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

    Synonyms:
    halt, stanch, staunch

Matched Categories

1. • Check
   • Cylinder
   • Front
   • Orient
   • Originate In
   • Plant Organ
   • Remove
   • Tube

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   trunk (of a tree), main stock

2. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk

3. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   branch, shoot, scion

4. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) forepart (of a ship), prow, beak, bow

5. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Mus.) tail (of a note)

6. stemverb

   Synonyms:
   oppose (as a current), resist, breast, withstand, bear up against, make head against

7. stemverb

   Synonyms:
   stop, check

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   trunk, body, peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk, culm, root, etymon, radical, radix, theme

2. stemverb

   Synonyms:
   oppose, withstand, breast, resist, check

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1. List of paraphrases for "stem":

   strains, stems, stalk, rod, shoot, gan, curb, splint, spindle, pin, bole, mother, peduncle, strain, halt, trunk, contain, stop, dry, isolates, embryonic

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1. Linda Rosen:

   The demand for STEM knowledge far outpaces the supply, in an increasingly complex world where we're drenched with input and data, American millennials, despite the fact that they're digital natives, don't have the technological skills to make sense of this onslaught of information.

2. Emerson Perin:

   We’ve made an enormous step to be able to harness the real power of adult stem cells to treating the heart, this trial really is a signal of a new era.

3. Jenna LoGiudice:

   The infant will receive about half the iron and stem cell-rich blood that was left in the placenta.

4. Plato:

   Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.

5. James Brown:

   The economy is changing with an emphasis on technology skills across all sectors. The emphasis now is that not all STEM jobs require four-year degrees. When I was growing up, you had what were called ‘blue collar jobs,’ now you have technicians who need to be highly skilled in tech. You need people who can repair MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machines, or work on electric cars, you now need technicians who need to have really hard STEM skills. That’s a skill set that will be growing over the next five years, it will be more in demand, and giving students the foundation for those kinds of careers starts in school.