Synonyms for stem
stɛm

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1. root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical(noun)

   (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, stem(noun)

   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, stem(noun)

   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. stem(noun)

   the tube of a tobacco pipe

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

5. bow, fore, prow, stem(noun)

   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, stem(verb)

   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. stem(verb)

   grow out of, have roots in, originate in

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

   Synonyms:
   halt, stanch, staunch

8. stem(verb)

   cause to point inward

   "stem your skis"

   Synonyms:
   halt, stanch, staunch

9. stem, stanch, staunch, halt(verb)

   stop the flow of a liquid

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

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

10. stem(verb)

    remove the stem from

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

    Synonyms:
    halt, stanch, staunch

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1. stem(v)

   Synonyms:
   oppose, breast, withstand, obstruct, confront

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. stem(n.)

   Synonyms:
   trunk (of a tree), main stock

2. stem(n.)

   Synonyms:
   peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk

3. stem(n.)

   Synonyms:
   branch, shoot, scion

4. stem(n.)

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

5. stem(n.)

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

6. stem(v. a.)

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

7. stem(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   stop, check

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1. stem(n)

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

2. stem(v)

   Synonyms:
   oppose, withstand, breast, resist, check

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1. List of paraphrases:

   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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Indian

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How to use stem in a sentence?

1. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein:

   Any response to extremist violence must be targeted, proportionate and legal, military campaigns, financial sanctions and attempts to staunch the inflow of weapons ... may be part of the solution. But other actions are needed to stem the root causes that feed into these conflicts.

2. Christopher Moltke-Leth:

   If they're not able to stem the current collapse in the market there is a real risk it will spread to the broader economy.

3. Alexis Thompson:

   If we can envision treating patients as if the patients were their own donors, they are not exposed to some of the risks that come from transplants when you're using someone else's stem cells, relatively speaking, this procedure was well-tolerated by the patients, with no unexpected toxicities related to gene therapy.

4. Arthur Caplan:

   Doris Tyler ended up having a crowdfunding campaign, went to a clinic in Georgia, and then ended up being blinded by the so-called stem cell procedure there.

5. Kinneret Savitsky:

   The results exceeded our expectations, and validate BL-8040 as a highly differentiated stand-alone treatment for stem-cell collection.

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