Meaning & Definition of Stern in English
English⟶
Stern
/stərn/
noun
1. The rear part of a ship
synonym:
- stern,
- after part,
- quarter,
- poop,
- tail
2. United states concert violinist (born in russia in 1920)
synonym:
- Stern,
- Isaac Stern
3. 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?"
synonym:
- buttocks,
- nates,
- arse,
- butt,
- backside,
- bum,
- buns,
- can,
- fundament,
- hindquarters,
- hind end,
- keister,
- posterior,
- prat,
- rear,
- rear end,
- rump,
- stern,
- seat,
- tail,
- tail end,
- tooshie,
- tush,
- bottom,
- behind,
- derriere,
- fanny,
- ass
adjective
1. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
- Forbidding in aspect
- "An austere expression"
- "A stern face"
synonym:
- austere,
- stern
2. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- "Grim determination"
- "Grim necessity"
- "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"
- "Relentless persecution"
- "The stern demands of parenthood"
synonym:
- grim,
- inexorable,
- relentless,
- stern,
- unappeasable,
- unforgiving,
- unrelenting
3. Severe and unremitting in making demands
- "An exacting instructor"
- "A stern disciplinarian"
- "Strict standards"
synonym:
- stern,
- strict,
- exacting
4. Severely simple
- "A stark interior"
synonym:
- austere,
- severe,
- stark,
- stern
Examples of using
He is at once stern and tender.