Unscramble stern

Definition of stern

adjective:

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression", "a stern face". Synonyms: austere.
• 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". Synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting.
• severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor", "a stern disciplinarian", "strict standards". Synonyms: exacting, strict.
• severely simple; "a stark interior". Synonyms: austere, severe, stark.

noun:

• the rear part of a ship. Synonyms: after part, poop, quarter, tail.
• United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920). Synonyms: Isaac Stern, Stern.
• 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?". Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush.

Words nearby

astern, steen, stein, sterna, sterne, tern.

Rhymes with

adjourn, bern, berne, burn, churn, concern, discern, earn, erne, fern, kern, learn, return, return, sauterne, spurn, sterne, turn, unconcern, upturn.