stem - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• stem
• stem turn

More generic

• turn
• turning

Noun

front part of a vessel or aircraft

Synonyms

• bow
• fore
• prow
• stem

More generic

• front

Related

• vessel
• watercraft

Noun

cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

Synonyms

• shank
• stem

More generic

• cylinder

Related

• anchor
• grip
• ground tackle
• handgrip
• handle
• hold
• key
• nail
• pin
• wineglass

Noun

the tube of a tobacco pipe

Synonyms

• stem

More generic

• tube
• tubing

Related

• pipe
• tobacco pipe

Noun

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

Synonyms

• base
• radical
• root
• root word
• stem
• theme

More generic

• descriptor
• form
• signifier
• word form

Noun

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

Synonyms

• stalk
• stem

More generic

• plant organ

More specific

• axis
• beanstalk
• bole
• branch
• bulb
• cane
• carpophore
• caudex
• cladode
• cladophyll
• corm
• corn stalk
• cornstalk
• culm
• cutting
• filament
• flower stalk
• funicle
• funiculus
• gynophore
• halm
• haulm
• leafstalk
• petiole
• petiolule
• phylloclad
• phylloclade
• rhizome
• rootstalk
• rootstock
• scape
• slip
• sporangiophore
• stipe
• stock
• tree trunk
• trunk
• tuber

Related

• internode
• leaf node
• node
• receptacle

Verb

remove the stem from

Synonyms

• stem

More generic

• remove
• take
• take away
• withdraw

Verb

stop the flow of a liquid

Synonyms

• halt
• stanch
• staunch
• stem

More generic

• check

Verb

grow out of, have roots in, originate in

Synonyms

• stem

More generic

• originate in

Verb

cause to point inward

Synonyms

• stem

More generic

• orient

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