Thesaurus:stern

Thesaurus

stern

English

Adjective

Sense: having a hardness and severity of nature or manner

Synonyms

• callous
• cold    [⇒ thesaurus]
• forbidding
• grim
• hard    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hard-boiled
• hardened
• heartless
• heavy-handed
• harsh
• humorless
• indifferent
• insensitive
• intense
• rigorous
• severe
• stern
• strict
• tough
• unfeeling
• unsentimental
• unsympathetic

Antonyms

• animated    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cheerful
• emotional
• empathic
• gregarious
• kindly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• soft    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unstrict
• vivacious

Various

• ghastly
• mean    [⇒ thesaurus]
• obstinate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• resilient
• rigid
• serious    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sinister
• strong
• sturdy
• surly
• taciturn    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unrelenting

Further reading

• “739. severity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “stern” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.