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Stern

//stɜːn//

Synonyms for "stern" (209 found)

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Informal (40)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

back hard rough stiff

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

butt beam heel rump cheek keister

Adj, adv, verb, slang(1 words)

Intj, name, noun, particle, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(3 words)

parts ship cheeks

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

cutting bottom tail iron grim

Adj, name, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, prep, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, particle, slang(1 words)

Intj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

Adj, noun, slang(4 words)

gloomy crusty irreconcilable prat

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(2 words)

rear end back seat

General use (169)

Adjective(59 words)

hard cold tough harsh grim severe rigorous icy stony steadfast unyielding relentless strict heartless inflexible unremitting austere forbidding meticulous frosty

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Noun(40 words)

quarter butt can bottom tail bum seat rear behind ass poop philosopher rump fanny tush arse prat posterior keister rear end

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buns tailpiece fundament buttocks backside dictator tail end hind end afterpiece nates fantail hindquarters derriere tooshie afterpart occiput rudderpost tushy tuchis after part

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(3 words)

reverse rear breech

Adjective(11 words)

grim severe stark relentless strict austere exacting unrelenting inexorable unappeasable unforgiving

Adj, adv, noun(2 words)

extreme rearward

Adj, name(3 words)

severe steely gaunt

Noun, verb(2 words)

companion frowning

Adj, noun, verb(5 words)

sour unaffected forbidding gruff unbending

Adj, noun(20 words)

critical imperative immutable rigid ascetic spartan authoritarian immovable dour posterior puritan adamant unchangeable exigent adamantine astringent intransigent postern backside cast-iron

Adj, verb(8 words)

rugged determined exacting obdurate crabbed demanding scathing unforgiving

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

hind end hard core Spartanic hind part back side rusty-dusty

Name, noun(1 words)

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