Stern

//stɜːn//

Synonyms for "stern" (264 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (53)

austere poop strict adamant adamantine afterpart afterpiece arse ascetic ass astringent authoritarian back back door back seat back side backside beam behind bottom

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breech bum butt buttocks can cast-iron cheek cheeks churlish companion

Noun(13 words)

poop aft after part arse ass backside behind bottom bum buns butt buttocks can

Adjective(9 words)

grim severe bleak callous cast iron cheerless cold cold-eyed comfortless

Adjective(1 words)

austere

Strong matches (79)

condign counter crabbed crabby critical crusty cutting demanding derriere determined dictator dour exacting exigent extreme fanny fantail firm flinty forbidding

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frowning gaunt gloomy grave grim gruff hard hard core hard-core harsh heel hind end hind part hindhead immovable immutable imperative implacable impliable inclement

Adjective(32 words)

dark demure depressing desolate dire disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome dour drear drearisome dreary dreich earnest flint-hearted forbidding forlorn frosty gayless

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gloomsome gloomy gray grievous hard hard-boiled hardened hardhearted harsh heartless humorless icy

Noun(5 words)

derriere fanny fundament hind end hindquarters

Adjective(2 words)

exacting grim

Related words (132)

inelastic inexorable inflexible intransigent iron irreconcilable isaac stern keister lugubrious meticulous mortified obdurate occiput parts philosopher posterior postern prat prudish pungent

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Adjective(8 words)

inexorable relentless severe stark strict unappeasable unforgiving unrelenting

Adjective(38 words)

insensitive iron-hearted joyless lack-laughter lugubrious melancholy mirthless miserable no joke rigorous rockhearted sad saturnine sedate sober solemn solemncholy somber sombre spiritless

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staid stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict sullen sunless tough uncheerful uncheery unhappy unmerry unmoved unsympathetic weightsome weighty wintry woeful

Noun(13 words)

keister nates posterior prat quarter rear rear end rump seat tail tail end tooshie tush

Related word relations

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13 relation types

More general

5 entries

alexithymic back body part rear serious

More specific

1 entries

tsundere

Antonyms

1 entries

bow

Synonyms

6 entries

austere buttocks isaac stern poop strict unappeasable

Related terms

16 entries

aft cheerless ghastly keel mean obstinate resilient rigid ruthless sinister strong sturdy surly taciturn uncompassionate unrelenting

coordinate

3 entries

aloof apathetic impartial

derived

19 entries

Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method Stern-Brocot tree Stern-Gerlach experiment pink stern square stern stem to stern stern chase stern chaser stern frame stern plane stern sex stern sheets stern-wheeler sternly sternness sternpost

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

tern

has context

1 entries

nautical

is a

2 entries

magazine rear

part of

2 entries

sailboat ship

related to

25 entries

aft animal back black tern boat boat back forbidding grim hardness hinder jock keel look part rear serious

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similar

5 entries

demanding implacable nonindulgent plain strict

Translations

204 translations across 71 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

shtreze noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πρύμνα noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Arabic

3 entries

صَارِم adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
مُتَشَدِّد adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
مُؤَخَّرَة noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Armenian

2 entries

խիստ adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
նավախել noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Asturian

1 entries

popa noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

sərt adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
tündməcaz adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
tündxasiyyət adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
gəmi sarğısı noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Basque

1 entries

txopa noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Belarusian

1 entries

карма́ noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Bulgarian

4 entries

мра́чен adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
негостоприе́мен adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
недружелю́бен adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
неприве́тлив adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)

Catalan

2 entries

sever adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
popa noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

舳 noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
船尾 noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Church Slavic

1 entries

кръма noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Czech

4 entries

drsný adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
příkrý adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
přísný adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
strohý adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)

Danish

3 entries

agterende noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
agterstavn noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
agterstævn noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Dutch

3 entries

streng adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
achterschip noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
achtersteven noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Erzya

1 entries

венчпуло noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Esperanto

4 entries

serioza adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
severa adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
pobo noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
poŭpo noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Estonian

1 entries

ahter noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Finnish

4 entries

ankara adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
ankara adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
kova adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
kovaluontoinen adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)

French

4 entries

austère adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
sévère adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
arrière noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
poupe noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Galician

1 entries

popa noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Georgian

2 entries

სასტიკი adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
კიჩო noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

German

4 entries

abschreckend adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
abweisend adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
bitter adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
düster adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌽𐍉𐍄𐌰 noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Greek

3 entries

αυστηρός adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
βλοσυρός adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
πρύμνη noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Hindi

4 entries

दबूसा noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
दुंबाल noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
पिच्छल noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
पिछाड़ी noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Hungarian

4 entries

rideg adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
szigorú adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
zord adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
hajótat noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Icelandic

1 entries

skutur noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Ido

1 entries

pupo noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Ingrian

1 entries

ahteri noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Irish

1 entries

deireadh noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Istriot

1 entries

poûpa noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Italian

4 entries

arcigno adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
austero adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
duro adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
inflessibile adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)

Japanese

4 entries

厳格な adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
荘厳な adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
船尾 noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
艫 noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Kazakh

1 entries

корма noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Korean

2 entries

고물 noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
선미 noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Latin

3 entries

firmātus adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
tētricus adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
puppis noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Latvian

1 entries

pakaļgals noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Lithuanian

1 entries

laivagalis noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Lushootseed

1 entries

ʔillaq noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Macedonian

1 entries

крма noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Malay

1 entries

buritan noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Malayalam

4 entries

കർക്കശ adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
കർശന adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
അമരം noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
അമരം noun (figuratively: post of management or direction)

Manx

2 entries

arbyl noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
cashtal jerree noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Māori

4 entries

makiki adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
taikaha adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
taikaha adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
kei noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Norman

2 entries

poupe noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
tillac noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

akterende noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
akterspeil noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
akterstavn noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
hekk noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

akterende noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
akterspegel noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
akterstamn noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
hekk noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Old English

1 entries

stēorsetl noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

پوپا noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Persian

1 entries

پاشْنِه noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

ieeboa adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)

Polish

2 entries

surowy adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
rufa noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Portuguese

4 entries

austero adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
rígido adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
severo adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
sério adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)

Romanian

2 entries

dur adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
sever adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)

Russian

4 entries

мра́чный adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
стро́гий adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
суро́вый adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
корма́ noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

gruamach adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

grubost adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
jak adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
snažan adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
strogost adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)

Slovak

4 entries

neprívetivý adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
neúprosný adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
prísny adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
tvrdý adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)

Slovene

1 entries

krma noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Spanish

4 entries

adusto adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
adusto adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
apremiante adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
severo adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)

Swahili

2 entries

shetri noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
tezi noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Swedish

4 entries

barsk adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
hård adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
hård adj (grim and forbidding in appearance)
rigorös adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)

Tagalog

1 entries

popa noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Thai

1 entries

ท้ายเรือ noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Turkish

4 entries

haşin adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
katı adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
sert adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
kıç noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Ukrainian

3 entries

стро́гий adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
суво́рий adj (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
корма́ noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Uzbek

1 entries

quyruq noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Venetan

2 entries

pupa noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
pòpe noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Volapük

2 entries

pödanaf noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
pödastev noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Welsh

1 entries

starn noun (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

His stern tone and loud voice belied his inner sensitivity and caring nature.

Source: tatoeba (1999)

Our teacher is at once stern and kindly.

Source: tatoeba (23370)

Our teacher is stern to us.

Source: tatoeba (23371)

Silvia had a stern father who never praised her.

Source: tatoeba (52488)

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