STERN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the rear part of a ship
   Synonym(s)
   • after part (what does after part mean?)
   • poop (what does poop mean?)
   • quarter (what does quarter mean?)
   • tail (what does tail mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) stern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rear (what does rear mean?)
   • back (what does back mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   Synonym(s)
   • arse (what does arse mean?)
   • ass (what does ass mean?)
   • backside (what does backside mean?)
   • behind (what does behind mean?)
   • bottom (what does bottom mean?)
   • bum (what does bum mean?)
   • buns (what does buns mean?)
   • butt (what does butt mean?)
   • buttocks (what does buttocks mean?)
   • can (what does can mean?)
   • derriere (what does derriere mean?)
   • fanny (what does fanny mean?)
   • fundament (what does fundament mean?)
   • hindquarters (what does hindquarters mean?)
   • hind end (what does hind end mean?)
   • keister (what does keister mean?)
   • nates (what does nates mean?)
   • posterior (what does posterior mean?)
   • prat (what does prat mean?)
   • rear (what does rear mean?)
   • rear end (what does rear end mean?)
   • rump (what does rump mean?)
   • seat (what does seat mean?)
   • tail (what does tail mean?)
   • tail end (what does tail end mean?)
   • tooshie (what does tooshie mean?)
   • tush (what does tush mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he deserves a good kick in the butt
   • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
   Hypernyms(s) stern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • body part (what does body part mean?)
3. Meaning
   • United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
   Synonym(s)
   • Isaac Stern (what does Isaac Stern mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Stern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • violinist (what does violinist mean?)
   • fiddler (what does fiddler mean?)

STERN as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • severe and unremitting in making demands
   Synonym(s)
   • exacting (what does exacting mean?)
   • strict (what does strict mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an exacting instructor
   • a stern disciplinarian
   • strict standards
   Similar To
   • demanding (what does demanding mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
   • forbidding in aspect
   Synonym(s)
   • austere (what does austere mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an austere expression
   • a stern face
   Similar To
   • nonindulgent (what does nonindulgent mean?)
3. Meaning
   • not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
   Synonym(s)
   • grim (what does grim mean?)
   • inexorable (what does inexorable mean?)
   • relentless (what does relentless mean?)
   • unappeasable (what does unappeasable mean?)
   • unforgiving (what does unforgiving mean?)
   • unrelenting (what does unrelenting mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • grim determination
   • grim necessity
   • Russia’’s final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
   • relentless persecution
   • the stern demands of parenthood
   Similar To
   • implacable (what does implacable mean?)