stern
adjective
1. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
- a stern face
Similar word(s): nonindulgent, strict, austere
2. not relenting; having no pity; not being or becoming lenient, mild, gentle, or merciful; unyielding.
- the stern demands of parenthood
Similar word(s): implacable, grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
3. severe and unremitting in making demands
- a stern disciplinarian
Similar word(s): demanding, exacting, strict
4. severely simple
noun
1. the rear part of a ship
Similar word(s): poop, quarter, tail
Definition categories: man–made, back, rear
2. United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
Definition categories: person
3. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Similar word(s): backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rump, seat, tail, tush
Definition categories: body