| stern | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. after part, poop, quarter, stern, tail | the rear part of a ship. |
| ~ escutcheon | (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed. |
| ~ back, rear | the side that goes last or is not normally seen.; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" |
| ~ ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight. |
| ~ skeg | a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost. |
| n. (person) | 2. isaac stern, stern | United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920). |
| ~ russia, soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991. |
| ~ fiddler, violinist | a musician who plays the violin. |
| n. (body) | 3. 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, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush | 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?" |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ torso, trunk, body | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs.; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" |
| adj. | 4. austere, stern | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect.; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" |
| ~ nonindulgent, strict | characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint. |
| adj. | 5. 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" |
| ~ implacable | incapable of being placated.; "an implacable enemy" |
| adj. | 6. exacting, stern, strict | severe and unremitting in making demands.; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" |
| ~ demanding | requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill.; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding" |
| adj. | 7. austere, severe, stark, stern | severely simple.; "a stark interior" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| strict | | |
| adj. | 1. rigorous, strict | rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard.; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian" |
| ~ exact | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" |
| adj. | 2. hard-and-fast, strict | (of rules) stringently enforced.; "hard-and-fast rules" |
| ~ invariable | not liable to or capable of change.; "an invariable temperature"; "an invariable rule"; "his invariable courtesy" |
| adj. | 3. nonindulgent, strict | characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint. |
| ~ abstemious | sparing in consumption of especially food and drink.; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious" |
| ~ stern, austere | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect.; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" |
| ~ puritanic, puritanical, blue | morally rigorous and strict.; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" |
| ~ corrective, disciplinal, disciplinary | designed to promote discipline.; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary" |
| ~ monkish | befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial. |
| ~ renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying | used especially of behavior. |
| ~ self-disciplined, self-restraining | used of nonindulgent persons. |
| ~ spartan, severe | unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment.; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing" |
| adj. | 4. rigid, strict | incapable of compromise or flexibility. |
| ~ intolerant | unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion. |
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