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Definition of Stern
1. Noun. The rear part of a ship.
Exact synonyms: After Part, Poop, Quarter, Tail
Terms within: Escutcheon, Skeg
Generic synonyms: Back, Rear
Group relationships: Ship
Terms within: Escutcheon, Skeg
Generic synonyms: Back, Rear
Group relationships: Ship
2. Adjective. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect. "A stern face"
3. Noun. United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920).
Exact synonyms: Isaac Stern
Geographical relationships: Russia, Soviet Union, Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, Ussr
Generic synonyms: Fiddler, Violinist
Geographical relationships: Russia, Soviet Union, Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, Ussr
Generic synonyms: Fiddler, Violinist
4. Adjective. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. "The stern demands of parenthood"
Exact synonyms: Grim, Inexorable, Relentless, Unappeasable, Unforgiving, Unrelenting
Similar to: Implacable
Derivative terms: Grimness, Inexorability, Inexorableness, Relentlessness, Sternness
Similar to: Implacable
Derivative terms: Grimness, Inexorability, Inexorableness, Relentlessness, Sternness
5. Noun. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Exact synonyms: Arse, Ass, Backside, Behind, Bottom, Bum, Buns, Butt, Buttocks, Can, Derriere, Fanny, Fundament, Hind End, Hindquarters, Keister, Nates, Posterior, Prat, Rear, Rear End, Rump, Seat, Tail, Tail End, Tooshie, Tush
Generic synonyms: Body Part
Group relationships: Body, Torso, Trunk
Derivative terms: Posterior
Generic synonyms: Body Part
Group relationships: Body, Torso, Trunk
Derivative terms: Posterior
6. Adjective. Severe and unremitting in making demands. "Strict standards"
7. Adjective. Severely simple. "A stark interior"
Exact synonyms: Austere, Severe, Stark
Similar to: Plain
Derivative terms: Austereness, Severeness, Starkness, Sternness
Similar to: Plain
Derivative terms: Austereness, Severeness, Starkness, Sternness
Definition of Stern
1. n. The black tern.
2. a. Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
3. n. The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
4. a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
Definition of Stern
1. unyielding [adj STERNER, STERNEST] / the rear part of a ship [n -S] - See also: unyielding
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stern
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