Definition of stern

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• stern is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
• stern is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
• stern is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of stern

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a stern face

  Synonyms

  1. austere
• severe and unremitting in making demands (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a stern disciplinarian

  Synonyms

  1. exacting
  2. strict
• the rear part of a ship (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. after part
  2. poop
  3. quarter
  4. tail
• United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. isaac stern
• severely simple (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. austere
  2. severe
  3. stark
• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the stern demands of parenthood

  Synonyms

  1. grim
  2. inexorable
  3. relentless
  4. unappeasable
  5. unforgiving
  6. unrelenting
• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. arse
  2. ass
  3. backside
  4. behind
  5. bottom
  6. bum
  7. buns
  8. butt
  9. buttocks
  10. can
  11. derriere
  12. fanny
  13. fundament
  14. hind end
  15. hindquarters
  16. keister
  17. nates
  18. posterior
  19. prat
  20. rear
  21. rear end
  22. rump
  23. seat
  24. tail
  25. tail end
  26. tooshie
  27. tush

See definition of stern in Merriam Webster