- Types Of Speech
- You can use astern as a adverb in a sentence.
- About Astern
- A 2 syllables adverb and 6 letters with the letters a, e, n, r, s, and t, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters te. Astern starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, as, ast, aste, aster, and the ending characters are n, rn, ern, tern, stern, ..
- Definition
- (of a ship or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"
- Scrabble
- Is astern a scrabble word? A 6 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Astern in Pig Latin is said as "asternay or asternway".
- Unigram
- a | s | t | e | r | n
- Bigram
- as | st | te | er | rn
- Trigram
- ast | ste | ter | ern
- Quadrigram
- aste | ster | tern
- Word Gram
- Adverb Examples
- (of a ship or an airplane) behind;
"we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide" - at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane;
"stow the luggage aft";
"ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft";
"the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about" - stern foremost or backward;
"the steamer went astern at half speed"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abaft | at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane "stow the luggage aft" "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft" "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about" |
| Aft | at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane "stow the luggage aft" "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft" "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about" |
| After | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time "he apologized subsequently" "he''s going to the store but he''ll be back here later" "it didn''t happen until afterward" "two hours after that" |
| Afterward | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time "he apologized subsequently" "he''s going to the store but he''ll be back here later" "it didn''t happen until afterward" "two hours after that" |
| Afterwards | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time "he apologized subsequently" "he''s going to the store but he''ll be back here later" "it didn''t happen until afterward" "two hours after that" |
| Against The Grain | |
| Anticlockwise | in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock |
| Arear | |
| Astern | (of a ship or an airplane) behind "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide" |
| Away | (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter "the pitch was away (or wide)" "an outside pitch" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Astern
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sterna | a genus of Sterninae |
| Astern | (of a ship or an airplane) behind "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide" |
View English words with the unique letters used in astern. Words With The Letters Aenrst
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saunter (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 9 +2 | saunter | ||
| Sterna (6 letters) | 6 | 7 | sterna | ||
| Tartness (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | tartness | ||
| Sauterne (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 10 +3 | sauterne | ||
| Antares (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | antares | ||
| Versant (7 letters) | 10 +4 | 12 +5 | versant | ||
| Servant (7 letters) | 10 +4 | 12 +5 | versant | ||
| Earnest (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | nearest | ||
| Anestrus (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 10 +3 | anestrus | ||
| Arsenate (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | aaeenrst | ||
| Nearest (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | nearest | ||
| Eastern (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | nearest | ||
| Astern (6 letters) | 6 | 7 | sterna | ||
| Sternway (8 letters) | 14 +8 | 14 +7 | sternway | ||
| Serenata (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | aaeenrst | ||
| Restany (7 letters) | 10 +4 | 10 +3 | reantys | ||
| Sneer At (8 letters) | |||||
| Servants (8 letters) | 11 +5 | 13 +6 | aenrsstv | ||
| Assenter (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | aeenrsst |
Astern Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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