Thesaurus / sterns
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synonyms for sterns
- back
- back door
- back end
- backside
- bottom
- butt
- rear end
- tail
- behind
- buttocks
- end
- heel
- hind
- hindquarters
- posterior
- postern
- rearward
- reverse
- rump
- seat
- stern
- tailpiece
- tush
- afterpart
- back seat
- hind part
- rear guard
- tail end
On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sterns, such as: rear, tail, backside, extremity, hindquarters, and posterior.
antonyms for sterns
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How to use sterns in a sentence
Hard was the struggle & therein waxed Hakon luckless; men fought from the prows and sterns, as the custom was in those times.
THE SAGAS OF OLAF TRYGGVASON AND OF HARALD THE TYRANT (HARALD HAARDRAADE)SNORRI STURLUSONShips filled the little bay, bows and sterns touching the shore on one side and the other.
MY LIFE IN MANY STATES AND IN FOREIGN LANDSGEORGE FRANCIS TRAINThere was one chap made his fortune by 'round sterns,' though they were known in the Dutch Navy for two centuries.
ROLAND CASHELCHARLES JAMES LEVERThe low racing sterns extended so far aft of my heels that the latter stood almost amidships.
BIZARRELAWTON MACKALLOn rushed the two motor craft, their prows exactly even and the propellers tossing up a bulge in the water at their sterns.
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-BOATVICTOR APPLETONIn spaniels, feathered sterns and long ears are much admired, but obviously the latter must suffer in thick underwood.
DOG BREAKINGWILLIAM NELSON HUTCHINSONIn the deeper parts, they point their sterns into the air and stick their heads under water.
THE LIFE OF THE FLYJ. HENRI FABREThe removal of these heavy weights from the sterns set the vessels on a more even keel, fore and aft.
UP THE RIVEROLIVER OPTICThey were usually one-masted sailing ships, built of wood; they had high prows and sterns, with a capacious hold between.
LIFE IN A MEDIVAL CITYEDWIN BENSONThe swift current turns all the sterns down stream, so that they lie diagonally towards the shore.
AMERICA, VOLUME II (OF 6)JOEL COOK