Words Like STEM

We have put together a list of words that are similar to STEM.

46 Alternative Words Similar to stem

1 Root Noun      Synonym Words Like Root
2 Base Noun      Synonym Words Like Base
3 Theme Noun      Synonym Words Like Theme
4 Radical Noun      Synonym Words Like Radical
5 Bow Noun      Synonym Words Like Bow
6 Fore Noun      Synonym Words Like Fore
7 Descriptor Noun      Synonym Words Like Descriptor
8 Form Noun      Synonym Words Like Form
9 Front Noun      Synonym Words Like Front
10 Signifier Noun      Synonym Words Like Signifier
11 Turn Noun      Synonym Words Like Turn
12 Turning Noun      Synonym Words Like Turning
13 Halt Verb      Synonym Words Like Halt
14 Check Verb      Synonym Words Like Check
15 Orient Verb      Synonym Words Like Orient
16 Remove Verb      Synonym Words Like Remove
17 Take Verb      Synonym Words Like Take
18 Withdraw Verb      Synonym Words Like Withdraw
19 Gleam Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Gleam
20 Flame Noun      Synonym Words Like Flame
21 Halm Noun      Hyponym
22 Cladode Noun      Hyponym
23 Corm Noun      Hyponym
24 Funiculus Noun      Hyponym Words Like Funiculus
25 Rhizome Noun      Hyponym
26 Carpophore Noun      Hyponym
27 Beanstalk Noun      Hyponym
28 Leafstalk Noun      Hyponym
29 Stock Noun      Hyponym Words Like Stock
30 Gynophore Noun      Hyponym
31 Cornstalk Noun      Hyponym
32 Stipe Noun      Hyponym
33 Petiole Noun      Hyponym
34 Phylloclad Noun      Hyponym
35 Phylloclade Noun      Hyponym
36 Petiolule Noun      Hyponym
37 Cladophyll Noun      Hyponym
38 Haulm Noun      Hyponym
39 Slip Noun      Hyponym Words Like Slip
40 Cutting Noun      Hyponym Words Like Cutting
41 Culm Noun      Hyponym Words Like Culm
42 Rootstock Noun      Hyponym
43 Sporangiophore Noun      Hyponym
44 Branch Noun      Hyponym Words Like Branch
45 Rootstalk Noun      Hyponym
46 Funicle Noun      Hyponym

5 examples of stem

1 the stem of an apple or a cherry
2 the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
3 to stem cherries
4 to stem tobacco leaves
5 stem the tide

10 definitions of stem

1 To gleam.
2 A gleam of light; flame.
3 The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
4 A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole.
5 The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
6 A branch of a family.
7 A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
8 Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
9 Anything resembling a stem or stalk
10 That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
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