Ms. Eichler had a notorious reputation for being austere to her students.
Source: tatoeba (1928)
Austere
//ɒˈstɪə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "austere" (233 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (70)
Related words (116)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αὐστηρός adj (grim, stern, strict)
Bulgarian
4 entries- аскети́чен adj (not extravagant)
- прост adj (not extravagant)
- строг adj (grim, stern, strict)
- суро́в adj (grim, stern, strict)
Czech
3 entries- strohý adj (grim, stern, strict)
- strohý adj (not extravagant)
- uměřený adj (not extravagant)
Dutch
4 entries- droog adj (grim, stern, strict)
- karig adj (not extravagant)
- sober adj (not extravagant)
- streng adj (grim, stern, strict)
Finnish
3 entries- ankara adj (grim, stern, strict)
- karu adj (not extravagant)
- koruton adj (not extravagant)
French
2 entries- austère adj (grim, stern, strict)
- austère adj (not extravagant)
German
2 entries- genügsam adj (not extravagant)
- schlicht adj (not extravagant)
Hungarian
2 entries- egyszerű adj (not extravagant)
- szigorú adj (grim, stern, strict)
Italian
2 entries- austero adj (grim, stern, strict)
- austero adj (not extravagant)
Latin
1 entries- austērus adj (grim, stern, strict)
Māori
2 entries- more adj (not extravagant)
- māmore adj (not extravagant)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- ieeboa adj (grim, stern, strict)
Portuguese
3 entries- austero adj (grim, stern, strict)
- austero adj (not extravagant)
- severo adj (grim, stern, strict)
Romanian
1 entries- auster adj (grim, stern, strict)
Russian
4 entries- аскети́чный adj (not extravagant)
- просто́й adj (not extravagant)
- стро́гий adj (grim, stern, strict)
- суро́вый adj (grim, stern, strict)
Spanish
2 entries- austero adj (not extravagant)
- severo adj (grim, stern, strict)
Turkish
4 entries- ciddi adj (grim, stern, strict)
- katı adj (grim, stern, strict)
- sade adj (not extravagant)
- sert adj (grim, stern, strict)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The Treasurer is being accused of robbing Peter to pay Paul to fund his austere budget.
Source: tatoeba (3263550)
Austere economic policies have significantly affected economic performance.
Source: tatoeba (8904946)
The president has promised a more austere administration than that of his predecessor.
Source: tatoeba (12063836)
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