stern
1. the rear part of a ship (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
after part, quarter, poop, tail
• Hypernyms:
rear, back
• Part Holonyms:
ship
• Part Meronyms:
escutcheon, skeg
2. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
• Syn:
buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside,
bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end,
keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass
• Derivationally related forms:
posterior (for: posterior)
• Hypernyms:
body part
• Part Holonyms:
torso, trunk, body
1. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor;
forbidding in aspect (Freq. 5)
- an austere expression
- a stern face
• Syn:
austere
• Similar to:
nonindulgent, strict
• Derivationally related forms:
austereness (for: austere)
2. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty (Freq. 2)
- grim determination
- grim necessity
- Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
- relentless persecution
- the stern demands of parenthood
• Syn:
grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
• Similar to:
implacable
• Derivationally related forms:
sternness, relentlessness (for: relentless), inexorableness (for: inexorable), inexorability (for: inexorable), grimness (for: grim)
3. severe and unremitting in making demands (Freq. 2)
- an exacting instructor
- a stern disciplinarian
- strict standards
• Syn:
strict, exacting
• Similar to:
demanding
• Derivationally related forms:
strictness (for: strict), sternness
4. severely simple
- a stark interior
• Syn:
austere, severe, stark
• Similar to:
plain
• Derivationally related forms:
sternness, starkness (for: stark), severeness (for: severe), austereness (for: austere)
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