stern

/stˈɝn/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
   “an austere expression”
2. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
   “grim determination”
3. severe and unremitting in making demands
   “an exacting instructor”
4. severely simple
   “a stark interior”

noun

1. the rear part of a ship
2. United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
3. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   “he deserves a good kick in the butt”

Synonyms for stern

• austere
• nonindulgent
• grim
• inexorable
• relentless
• unappeasable
• unforgiving
• unrelenting
• implacable
• strict
• exacting
• demanding
• severe
• stark
• plain
• after part
• quarter
• poop
• tail
• Isaac Stern
• buttocks
• nates
• arse
• butt
• backside
• bum
• buns
• can
• fundament
• hindquarters
• hind end
• keister
• posterior
• prat
• rear

Words that rhyme with stern

• turn
• return
• burn
• overturn
• concern
• learn
• kern
• churn
• sunburn
• yearn
• adjourn
• earn
• unconcern
• urn
• discern
• downturn
• erne
• fern
• heartburn
• spurn
• taciturn
• upturn
• ahearn
• ahern
• aherne
• alpern
• amburn
• arterburn
• bradburn
• burne