Stern

What do we mean by stern?

The rear part of a ship or boat. noun

A rear part or section. noun

Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character: synonym: severe. adjective

Showing or expressing displeasure or disapproval; forbidding or harsh. adjective

Firm or unyielding; uncompromising. adjective

Difficult to endure; oppressive. adjective

To steer; guide.

To back (a boat) with the oars; back water; row backward.

To draw back; back water: said of a boat or its crew.

Same as starn. noun

A tern. noun

The rudder or helm of a vessel. noun

Hence, figuratively, any instrument of management or direction; a guiding agent or agency; also, a post of direction or control. noun

The hinder part of a ship or boat, where the rudder is placed; the part furthest removed from the stem or prow. See also cut under poop. noun

The hinder parts, backside, buttocks, or rump; the tail of an animal. noun

Severe in disposition or conduct; austere; harsh; rigorous; hard.

Characterized by severity or rigor; especially, resulting from or expressive of harshness: as, a stern reply; a stern glance; a stern rebuke.

Grim or forbidding in aspect; gloomy; repelling.

Rough; violent; tumultuous; fierce.

Rigid; stringent; strict.

Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.

Grim and forbidding in appearance.

Words that are spelled similarly to stern:
stern, tern, stein, astern, stere, sten, steen, ster, stean, scern, etern, starn, stirn, stert, shern, sern, ostern, sterk, stearn, stero, steyn, satern, sterr, strn.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word stern:
complement, pinball, amidships, waterline, broadside, starboard, sirius, bow, rudder, gun, fourteen, rounds, deck, aft, ramp, boat, keel, torpedo, sank, towed, propeller, naval, hull, armour, armor, ship, thick, conservatory, fitted, depth, steering, guns, vessel, belt, tube, crew, mines, beam, howard, warning, boats, submarine, ratings, charges, grove, fired, mounted, show.

Words that rhyme with stern:
burn, turn, concern, fern, learn, discern, return, taciturn, churn, spurn, erne, adjourn, earn, yearn, urn, kern, sunburn, overturn, bern, in turn, downturn, heartburn, upturn, cern, dern, durn, sterne, sauterne, hern, berne, verne, vern, unconcern, carriage return, minturn, skeleton fork fern, kirn, hairy lip fern, chern, herne, point of no return, laverne, byrne, in return, ahern, tax return, washburn, hurn, earthly concern, hearn, brittle fern, zurn, thurn, ribbon fern, scented fern, tea urn, about turn, stirn, ahearn, lady fern, royal fern, cogburn, good turn, rope burn, basket fern, hearne, stem turn, day return, worldly concern, boston fern, business concern, flowering fern, cockburn, butter churn, floating fern, tree fern, american parsley fern, bladder fern, fearn, income tax return, joint return, ostrich fern, amended return, banking concern, nebraska fern, sweet fern, coffee fern, evergreen wood fern, king fern, redfern, without concern, cinnamon fern, information return, male fern, mountain parsley fern, brittle bladder fern, coffee urn, leather fern, potato fern, whisk fern.

Adjectives that are often used to describe stern:
more, square, high, less, round, little, very, narrow, rounded, flat, german, broad, sharp, extreme, overhanging, pointed, whole, low, elliptical, open, wide, lofty, full, late, entire, shaped, curved, starboard, serious, blunt, tall, heavy, weekly, somewhat, singularly, nearest, straight, usual, gilded, pretty, huge, mericske, vertical, unconsumed, submerged, pink, false, sound, graceful, rigoni, above, circular, handsome, wooden, west, tapered, yellow, funereal, uttermost, carved, off, fragmentary, longer, elliptic, broken, gentle, half, massive, sinuany.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective stern:
look, voice, face, man, measures, discipline, warning, necessity, expression, father, reality, realities, rebuke, justice, sheets, eyes, countenance, command, eye, tone, disciplinarian, post, features, sense, line, duty, determination, judge, action, warnings, chase, lines, gaze, lecture, glance, resolve, rule, stuff, faces, character, resolution, spirit, morality, aspect, manner, repression, figure, parent, facts, tube, windows, opposition, severity, disapproval, master, silence, critic, reply, wheel, moralist, authority, taskmaster, resistance, decree, deck, light, demands, attitude, section, volmer, judgment, fact, laws, integrity, rail, test, tubes, seat, simplicity, letter, punishment, refusal, god, orders, frame, teacher, code, necessities, virtues.

Consonant match to stern:
stone, stain, stein, stun, stan, stine, sten, steen, sterne, stane, stirn, stene, stann, stearn, styne, stearne, sturn.

Words that sound like stern:
stern, stearn, stirn, sterne, sturm, strm, stry, stri, strei, stir, straw, stray, strain, stan, saturn, stun, ster, stein, stor, eastern, strewn, ston, stine, stree, steen, stin, sten, strew, stra, stur, str, cern, stane, stre, stro, astern, strane, strow, sorn, stearns, sterner, strawn, sterno, sterns, stean, stroh, strine, starn, stru, -ster, sern, sauterne, stene, sarn, steine, strown, stann, crn, streen, stuhr, staan, styne, straughn, saturne, sterna, sterned, cerne, strein, ostern, strene, stir in, -stan, scern, stern's, etern, attorn, eterne, stem, stain, steam, spurn, stang, steem, stam, stim, stime, sorm, stge, sarm, stamm, stemm, stert, serm, stimme, stermer, stemme, stearl, scrn, sdan, cirm.