1. (noun)
stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail
the rear part of a ship
2. (noun)
Stern, Isaac Stern
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
3. (noun)
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
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?"
4. (adj)
austere, stern
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
"an austere expression"; "a stern face"
5. (adj)
grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
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"
6. (adj)
stern, strict, exacting
severe and unremitting in making demands
"an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
7. (adj)
austere, severe, stark, stern
severely simple
"a stark interior"
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Definition of 'stern'
