Synonyms for stem
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stemverb

   Synonyms:
   oppose, breast, withstand, obstruct, confront

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1. root, root word, base, stem, theme, radicalnoun

   (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

   "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

   Synonyms:
   al-Qaeda, idea, groundwork, al-Qaida, ascendent, base, substructure, composition, paper, fundament, motif, prow, theme, ascendant, basis, group, understructure, shank, stalk, nucleotide, report, foundation, etymon, radical, root, subject, floor, bow, fore, topic, free radical, melodic theme, source, ancestor, foot, antecedent, musical theme, infrastructure, alkali, cornerstone, origin, pedestal, home, rootage, tooth root, base of operations, radix, root word, stand, stem turn, solution, beginning, chemical group, al-Qa'ida, bag

2. stalk, stemnoun

   a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

   Synonyms:
   shank, straw, bow, radical, still hunt, stem turn, stalk, shuck, chaff, base, theme, husk, angry walk, root, stalking, fore, prow, stubble, root word

3. shank, stemnoun

   cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

   Synonyms:
   bow, root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, cannon, waist, base, shank, fore, radical, prow

4. stemnoun

   the tube of a tobacco pipe

   Synonyms:
   root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, bow, base, shank, fore, radical, prow

5. bow, fore, prow, stemnoun

   front part of a vessel or aircraft

   "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

   Synonyms:
   curtain call, arc, bow, bowing, radical, fore, stem turn, stalk, base, obeisance, bowknot, prow, root, theme, shank, root word

6. stem turn, stemverb

   a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

   Synonyms:
   root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, bow, base, shank, fore, radical, prow

7. stemverb

   grow out of, have roots in, originate in

   "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"

   Synonyms:
   halt, stanch, staunch

8. stemverb

   cause to point inward

   "stem your skis"

   Synonyms:
   halt, stanch, staunch

9. stem, stanch, staunch, haltverb

   stop the flow of a liquid

   "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"

   Synonyms:
   stop, block, kibosh, halt, stanch, staunch, arrest, hold

10. stemverb

    remove the stem from

    "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

    Synonyms:
    halt, stanch, staunch

Matched Categories

1. • Check
   • Cylinder
   • Front
   • Orient
   • Originate In
   • Plant Organ
   • Remove
   • Tube

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   trunk (of a tree), main stock

2. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk

3. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   branch, shoot, scion

4. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) forepart (of a ship), prow, beak, bow

5. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Mus.) tail (of a note)

6. stemverb

   Synonyms:
   oppose (as a current), resist, breast, withstand, bear up against, make head against

7. stemverb

   Synonyms:
   stop, check

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stemnoun

   Synonyms:
   trunk, body, peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk, culm, root, etymon, radical, radix, theme

2. stemverb

   Synonyms:
   oppose, withstand, breast, resist, check

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1. List of paraphrases for "stem":

   strains, stems, stalk, rod, shoot, gan, curb, splint, spindle, pin, bole, mother, peduncle, strain, halt, trunk, contain, stop, dry, isolates, embryonic

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1. Ali Noorani:

   We're seeing people make perfectly natural decisions to say, ‘OK, where are there jobs, where can I find work?’ And in the U.S., people can find work, and if we really want to stem these numbers, we've got to stand these economies back up in Central America and South America and we have to build out a functioning legal immigration system here in the U.S.

2. Robert Gippert:

   The essence of stem-cell treatment is that we can achieve an improvement in the quality of life of patients who cannot be helped by operations or medical treatment, just like in humans, the worn out joint of Igor the tiger will heal due to the regenerative and self-healing effects of stem cells, without the use of external materials.

3. Penn State President Eric Barron:

   This gives a chance to see engineering in real life, to watch a race and see engineering play out, all sorts of opportunities we can use to promote STEM education, seeing Penn State on that car is a tremendous sense of pride, and this is just a perfect example of taking advantage of all our opportunities.

4. Jeff Smith:

   Pakistan has thus far avoided the type of devastating wave witnessed in the U.S. or Italy. However, many fear that the government and health care system is ill-equipped to deal with a coming tide of coronavirus cases, it is highly likely that a lack of testing has contributed to a substantial undercounting of infections. And while the government has begun to implement more sound public health measures, it bungled several opportunities earlier this month when it might have had an opportunity to stem the tide.

5. Craig Tucker:

   We know the dissolved oxygen in the river plummeted two nights in a row as these pulses of mud hit the main stem of the river, so it is very clear to us that we had a high intensity fire and then we had a flash flooding event kind of come behind the fire and it just rushed ash and debris and mud into the river, virtually everything in the river died.