Definition of
stern is the dictionary form of stern's Definition of stern
stern has definitions from the fields of nautical,music,performing arts
1
[ adjective ] of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

Synonyms

austere

Examples

"an austere expression" "a stern face"

2
[ adjective ] not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

Synonyms

grim relentless inexorable unforgiving unrelenting unappeasable

Examples

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

3
[ adjective ] severe and unremitting in making demands

Synonyms

exacting strict

Examples

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

4
[ noun ] (nautical) the rear part of a ship

Synonyms

quarter poop tail after_part

5
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1643
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[ adjective ] (nautical) pertaining to the after part of a vessel
7
[ noun ] (music,performing arts) United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

Synonyms

isaac_stern

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[ noun ] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Synonyms

seat ass bottom rear_end tail behind buttocks rump hindquarters fundament hind_end keister bum backside posterior prat buns tail_end tooshie tush rear can derriere fanny butt nates arse

Examples

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

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Rhymes with

terns turns sauternes burns burns' kern's kernes irons

Phonetic and Homophones

S T ER1 N Z

Similar Spelling

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