Stem

//stɛm//

Synonyms for "stem" (567 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (114)

bow root shank stalk accidence accrue from adjutage advance affiliation affix affixation affront allomorph animal kingdom ankle antagonize anthrophore apophony apparentation arise

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Noun(9 words)

bow fore prow boycock boydick dick base beak birdie

Strong matches (170)

confront with conjugation consanguinity contend against contest control counter cover ground crotch crude form crutch culm curb cut short cutting dado dam dare deadlock declension

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defy delta deme depend on derivation derive derive from descend descend from descender descent develop die difference of form diminish direct line distaff side divaricate drainpipe draw rein drumstick due to efflux tube em emanate emanate from emerge emerge from en enclitic encounter ensue ensue from envisage extraction face face with family fan fat-faced type feet female line fight fight against figurehead filiation fire hose flagstaff flow flow from flue pipe folk follow from font footstalk forecastle foredeck foreleg forepeak fork formative free form freeze front funicule funiculus funnel furcate furcula furculum gain ground gamb gambrel garden hose gas pipe gather head gather way generate genesis gens germinate from get ahead get along gigot go go ahead go along go fast go forward go on grapple with grass roots groin groove grow grow from grow out of guillotine halt ham hang on haulm head hind leg hinge on hock hose hosepipe house ic analysis immediate constituent analysis inception infix infixation inflection inguen issue issue from italic jack jamb jib boom join battle with

Noun(26 words)

corey crank crude form diddly ding dong ding-a-ling ding-dong dinger dingus dirk dobber donger dork forestem fuckrod hot dog hot rod jamoke jimmy jing-jang

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johnson joint jonathan joystick junk kielbasa

Verb(1 words)

halt

Related words (283)

kind knee labor against lay before leafstalk leg lessen letter ligature limb line line of descent lineage logotype lower case majuscule make good time make head against make headway make progress

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make progress against make strides make up leeway male line matriclan maypole meet meet squarely militate against minuscule morph morpheme morphemic analysis morphemics morphology morphophonemics move move forward nation newel-post nick nipple nose offer resistance offshoot order organ pipe origin original originate originate in origination paradigm parts pass pass along pass on patriclan pedestal pedicel peduncle people petiole petiolule petiolus phratry phyle phylum pi pica pier pilaster pile piling pillar pipe pipeline pipette piping place before plant kingdom plinth podite point pole popliteal space post prefix prefixation present present to prevail over print proceed proceed from proclitic progress prong prore provenance provenience prow pull up put it to put paid to queen-post quell race radical radix ramification ramify reduce reed reed pipe reluct reluctate resist result retard rise rival rod roll roman rostrum runner sans serif scape scissor-legs script seed seedstalk sept set before shaft shin ship shoot shoulder siamese siamese connection side siphon slow small cap small capital snorkel socle soil pipe source spear spear side species spindle side spire spring spring from sprout sprout from staff stale stalemate stall stamp stanch stanchion stand standard standpipe staunch stay steam pipe stem from stem the tide stem turn stems step forward stick stipe stirps stock stop stop cold stop dead stop short strain straw strive against struggle against stumps subbase succession suffix suffixation suppress surbase sword side tail take on tap taproot tarsus theme tigella tongue totem totem pole travel tribe trident trifurcate trotters trunk tube tubing tubulation tubule tubulet tubulure turn on twig type type body type class type lice typecase typeface typefounders typefoundry upper case upright v vie with waste pipe water pipe wishbone withstand word formation word-formation

Noun(39 words)

last chicken in the shop little man love tool meat meat rod middle leg peenar penis percy pickle privy member prore purple-headed yogurt slinger radical rape tool root root word schlong shank shmeat

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shvantz stale stalk stem turn sucker super soaker tail tallywag theme thingy todger tonker tool toy virgula vitamin d winder wingwang winky

Verb(4 words)

stanch staunch to arise from to be due to

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

20 entries

check cylinder descriptor form front orient originate in plant organ pull remove signifier take take away take off tube tubing

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Antonyms

1 entries

leaf

Synonyms

7 entries

bow due to root shank stalk stem turn tail

Related terms

2 entries

STEAM STEMM

derived

78 entries

Mach stem STEMinism STEMinist STEMlord a-stem bestem bluestem brain stem brittlestem celestial stem consonant stem destem flower stem give the stem heavenly stem i-stem

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

stammer

form of

1 entries

steem

has context

8 entries

anatomy botany linguistics music nautical skiing slang typography

is a

1 entries

tube

manner of

4 entries

check orient originate in remove

part of

4 entries

apple flower pipe plant

related to

57 entries

affix axis bottom branch bulb cause cells conjugation controversy corm crack pipe declension derive descend flower flowers

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Translations

424 translations across 80 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

καυλός noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Arabic

2 entries

أَصْل noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
سَاق نَبَات noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Armenian

3 entries

ԳՏՃՄ noun (acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
հիմք noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
ցողուն noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Assamese

2 entries

ঠাৰি noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
ঠাৰি noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

gövdə noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
kök noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
nəsil noun (stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors)
qol noun (branch of a family)

Basque

1 entries

zurtoin noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Bats

1 entries

ღერო̂ noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Belarusian

4 entries

асно́ва noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
ко́рань noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
род noun (stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors)
ствол noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Breton

1 entries

pennrann noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Bulgarian

4 entries

дръ́жка noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)
дръ́жка noun (narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects)
ко́рен noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
род noun (stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors)

Catalan

4 entries

arrel noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
roda noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)
tall noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
tija noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

樹幹 /树干 noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
符桿 /符杆 noun (music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music)
莖 /茎 noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
詞幹 /词干 noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries

quiyōtl noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Czech

4 entries

kmen noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
odvozovat se verb (to be caused or derived)
plužit verb (skiing: to point the skis inward)
pocházet verb (to be caused or derived)

Danish

3 entries

stamme noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
stængel noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
stævn noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)

Dutch

4 entries

grondwoord noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
stam noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
stam noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
steel noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

муттӱҥ noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Esperanto

2 entries

spiktrunko noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
stamo noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Estonian

2 entries

tüvi noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
põlvnema verb (to descend in a family line)

Faroese

1 entries

stevni noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)

Finnish

4 entries

haara noun (branch of a family)
jalka noun (narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects)
johto noun (advanced or leading position)
keulavannas noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)

French

4 entries

STIM noun (acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
potence noun (Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork)
racine noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
radical noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Galician

1 entries

roda noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)

Georgian

1 entries

ღერო noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

German

4 entries

Geschlecht noun (stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors)
Halm noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)
Herkunft noun (stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors)
Holm noun (narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects)

Greek

4 entries

θέμα noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
κοτσάνι noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)
μίσχος noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
σταματώ verb (to stop, hinder)

Hebrew

1 entries

גִּבְעוֹל noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Higaonon

1 entries

poon noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Hungarian

4 entries

eredet noun (stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors)
hajóorr noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)
igető noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
kocsány noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)

Icelandic

1 entries

stefni noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)

Indonesian

4 entries

STEM noun (acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
kata dasar noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
stem noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)
tangkai not noun (music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music)

Ingrian

1 entries

sananpohja noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Interlingua

1 entries

stirpe noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Irish

1 entries

coisc verb (to stop, hinder)

Italian

4 entries

asta noun (music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music)
ceppo noun (stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors)
ceppo noun (branch of a family)
ceppo noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Japanese

4 entries

幹 noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
柄 noun (narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects)
茎 noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
茎 noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)

Khmer

3 entries

ទង noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
ធាង noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
មូលសព្ទ noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Korean

2 entries

경 noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
어간 noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Latin

2 entries

caulis noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
stirps noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Latvian

4 entries

celms noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
stiebrs noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
stiebrs noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
stumbrs noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Laz

1 entries

ღერი noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Lithuanian

2 entries

kamienas noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
stiebas noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Low German

3 entries

Stamm noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
Steel noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
Stängel noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Macedonian

4 entries

дршка noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
дршка noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)
дршка noun (narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects)
основа noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Manx

1 entries

arbyl noun (music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music)

Minangkabau

1 entries

batang noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Mingrelian

1 entries

ღერი noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Mongolian

1 entries

сүрэл noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Māori

4 entries

kakau noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
kakau noun (narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects)
kākaka noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
tā noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Nepali

1 entries

डाँठ noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Norman

2 entries

tigue noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
êtâne noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

qed noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

stamme noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
stengel noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
stett noun (narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects)
forårsake verb (to be caused or derived)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

framstamn noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)
stengel noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Occitan

4 entries

radical noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
raiç noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
tija noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
derivar verb (to be caused or derived)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

اوزدك noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
صاپ noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
صاپ noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)

Persian

4 entries

ساقه noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
ستاک noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
ستاک noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
بند آوردن verb (to stop, hinder)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Staum noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Polish

4 entries

badyl noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
cybuch noun (narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects)
ogonek noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)
rdzeń noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Portuguese

4 entries

caule noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
haste noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)
radical noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
ramo noun (stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors)

Romanian

4 entries

coadă noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)
peduncul noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)
picior noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)
temă noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Russian

4 entries

но́жка noun (typography: vertical stroke of a letter)
нос noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)
осно́ва noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
плодоно́жка noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)

Saanich

1 entries

SȾESTASEs noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

stabljika noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
ȍsnova noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
о̏снова noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Slovak

4 entries

koreň noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
prova noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)
steblo noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
stonka noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)

Slovene

1 entries

osnova noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Spanish

4 entries

CTIM noun (acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
potencia noun (Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork)
raíz noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
roda noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)

Svan

1 entries

ღე̄რ noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Swahili

1 entries

shina noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Swedish

4 entries

förstäv noun (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)
gren noun (branch of a family)
notskaft noun (music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music)
ordstam noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Tagalog

1 entries

punungtangkay noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Thai

2 entries

ก้าน noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
ก้าน noun (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant)

Tocharian B

1 entries

pere noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Turkish

2 entries

gövde noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
gövde noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ко́рінь noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
осно́ва noun (linguistics: main part of a word)
рід noun (stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors)
стебло́ noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Uzbek

1 entries

negiz noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thân noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Welsh

1 entries

bôn noun (linguistics: main part of a word)

White Hmong

1 entries

kav noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Yiddish

1 entries

שטאַם noun (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

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Scientists are fighting to stem the spread of the AIDS virus.

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A rose has thorns on its stem.

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The plant has an underground stem.

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He dropped his wineglass and broke its stem.

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