English adjective: stern | |||
1. | stern of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect | ||
Samples | An austere expression. A stern face. | ||
Synonyms | austere | ||
Similar | nonindulgent, strict | ||
Antonyms | indulgent | ||
2. | stern not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | ||
Samples | Grim determination. Grim necessity. Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty. Relentless persecution. The stern demands of parenthood. | ||
Synonyms | grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting | ||
Similar | implacable | ||
Antonyms | placable | ||
3. | stern severe and unremitting in making demands | ||
Samples | An exacting instructor. A stern disciplinarian. Strict standards. | ||
Synonyms | exacting, strict | ||
Similar | demanding | ||
Antonyms | undemanding | ||
4. | stern severely simple | ||
Samples | A stark interior. | ||
Synonyms | austere, severe, stark | ||
Similar | plain | ||
Antonyms | fancy | ||
English noun: stern | |||
1. | stern (artifact) the rear part of a ship | ||
Synonyms | after part, poop, quarter, tail | ||
Broader (hypernym) | back, rear | ||
Part holonym | escutcheon, skeg | ||
Part meronym | ship | ||
2. | Stern (person) United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) | ||
Synonyms | Isaac Stern | ||
Instance hypernym | fiddler, violinist | ||
Domain region | Russia, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR | ||
3. | stern (body) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | ||
Samples | He deserves a good kick in the butt. Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?. | ||
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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | body part | ||
Part meronym | body, torso, trunk | ||