STEMS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STEMS?

Need another word that means the same as “stems”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “stems” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Stems” are: shank, stalk, base, radical, root, root word, theme, stem turn, bow, fore, prow, halt, stanch, staunch

Stems as a Noun

Definitions of "Stems" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stems” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ.
• The tube of a tobacco pipe.
• Front part of a vessel or aircraft.
• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed.
• The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
• A turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it.
• Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something.

Synonyms of "Stems" as a noun (11 Words)

base	A known line used as a geometrical base for trigonometry. A customer base.
bow	A single passage of a bow over the strings of an instrument. A girl with long hair tied back in a bow.
fore	Front part of a vessel or aircraft.
prow	The pointed or projecting front part of something such as a car or building. The commanding prow of the Jaguar.
radical	A radical sign. In the body free radicals are high energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells.
root	Any plant grown for its root. The root of David.
root word	Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent.
shank	The shank of an animal s leg as a cut of meat. A rigid leather boot with a full shank.
stalk	A stalklike support for a sessile animal or for an organ in an animal. The acorns grow on stalks.
stem turn	The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
theme	Melodic subject of a musical composition. The first violin takes up the theme high up in its register.

Usage Examples of "Stems" as a noun

• Thematic vowels are part of the stem.

Stems as a Verb

Definitions of "Stems" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stems” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Grow out of, have roots in, originate in.
• Remove the stem from.
• Cause to point inward.
• Stop the flow of a liquid.

Synonyms of "Stems" as a verb (3 Words)

halt	Come to a halt stop moving. Halt the presses.
stanch	Stop the flow of a liquid.
staunch	Stop the flow of a liquid. Staunch the blood flow.

Usage Examples of "Stems" as a verb

• Stem your skis.
• Stem the tide.
• For automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed.
• The increase in the national debt stems from the last war.

Associations of "Stems" (30 Words)

abscise	Separate by abscission; fall off.
arboreal	Living in trees. Arboreal apes.
arborescent	Resembling a tree in form and branching structure. Arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda.
bamboo	The hollow jointed stem of the bamboo plant used as a cane or to make furniture and implements. A section of bamboo about four feet long.
base	Serving as or forming a base. Bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia.
berry	A small fruit having any of various structures e g simple grape or blueberry or aggregate blackberry or raspberry. We went berrying in the summer.
branch	Of a tree or plant bear or send out branches. He broke off one of the branches.
bulrush	Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa.
cane	A strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos reeds rattans or sugar cane. Raspberry canes.
cattail	Tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes.
defoliate	Deprived of leaves. Defoliate the trees with pesticides.
evergreen	Relating to or denoting a plant that retains green leaves throughout the year. This symphony is an evergreen favourite.
grass	Feed livestock on grass. Anglers grassed 294 trout.
grove	Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth. An olive grove.
ivy	Used in names of climbing plants similar to ivy e g poison ivy Boston ivy. Duke is considered one of the 'Southern Ivies.
leaf	A thing that resembles a leaf in being flat and thin. An oak leaf.
liana	The free hanging stem of a liana.
oak	A smoky flavour or nose characteristic of wine aged in barrels made from oak wood. Scents of toasty oak.
pine	Used in names of coniferous trees of families other than that of the pine e g Chile pine. Pine potpourri.
plant	A small plant as distinct from a shrub or tree. He managed to plant an agent in his war council.
reed	A rustic musical pipe made from a reed or from straw. The permanent magnet closes the reeds and contacts together.
root	Cause to take roots. In the sequence the roots of the chords drop by fifths.
shrub	A woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground.
stalk	A stalklike support for a sessile animal or for an organ in an animal. Drinking glasses with long stalks.
tree	Chase an animal up a tree. The hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it.
trunk	A long flexible snout as of an elephant. He put his golf bag in the trunk.
tuber	A tuberous root e g of the dahlia. Tuber cinereum.
vegetation	The process of growth in plants. Pleistocene vegetation.
vine	A climbing or trailing woody stemmed plant related to the grapevine. The vines of a vast wisteria.
woodland	Land that is covered with trees and shrubs. Large areas of ancient woodland.