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To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.

Why synonyms can be useful

Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.

In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.

Synonyms for (noun) stem

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

Hypernyms: turn, turning Definition: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course Usage: he took a turn to the right

Synonyms: bow, prow, fore, stem Definition: front part of a vessel or aircraft Usage: he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line

Hypernyms: front Definition: the side that is seen or that goes first

Synonyms: shank, stem Definition: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

Hypernyms: cylinder Definition: a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line

Synonyms: stem Definition: the tube of a tobacco pipe

Hypernyms: tube, tubing Definition: conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

Synonyms: stem, theme, base, root, root word, radical Definition: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed Usage: thematic vowels are part of the stem

Hypernyms: descriptor, word form, form, signifier Definition: the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something Usage: the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached

Synonyms: stem, stalk Definition: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Hypernyms: plant organ Definition: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus

Synonyms for (verb) stem

Synonyms: stem Definition: remove the stem from Usage: for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed

Hypernyms: remove, withdraw, take, take away Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment

Synonyms: stanch, staunch, stem, halt Definition: stop the flow of a liquid Usage: staunch the blood flow; stem the tide

Hypernyms: check Definition: arrest the motion (of something) abruptly Usage: He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve

Synonyms: stem Definition: grow out of, have roots in, originate in Usage: The increase in the national debt stems from the last war

Hypernyms: originate in Definition: come from

Synonyms: stem Definition: cause to point inward Usage: stem your skis

Hypernyms: orient Definition: cause to point Usage: Orient the house towards the West