Related Words for austere

Compiled automatically from published text to show words that appear in related contexts. Read More Results may indicate historical usage, and do not reflect the views of Merriam-Webster. Send us feedback.
WordSyllablesCategories
severe
x/
Adjective, Adjective
stern
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
spartan
/x
Noun, Adjective, Name
stark
/
Name, Adjective, Name
plain
/
Name, Adjective
ascetic
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
dour
/x
Noun
sombre
/x
Adjective
opulent
/xx
Adjective
laconic
x/x
Adjective
somber
/x
Adjective
taciturn
/xx
Adjective
harsh
/
Adjective
ostentatious
xx/x
Adjective
austerity
x/xx
Noun
bleak
/
Adjective
dreary
/x
Adjective
stoic
/x
Noun
unadorned
xx/
Adjective
placid
/x
Adjective
lugubrious
x/xx
Adjective
inflexible
x/xx
Adjective
stolid
/x
Adjective
serene
x/
Adjective
gloomy
/x
Adjective
cheerless
/x
Adjective
aloof
x/
Adjective, Adverb
minimalist
/xxx
Noun
uncompromisingly
x/xxxx
Adverb
elegant
/xx
Adjective
rigid
/x
Adjective
contemplative
x/xx
Adjective
joyless
/x
Adjective
unpretentious
xx/x
Adjective
unsmiling
x/x
Adjective
militaristic
xxx/x
Adjective
grim
/
Adjective
unassuming
xx/x
Adjective
staid
/
Adjective
imperious
x/xx
Adjective
grandiose
xx/
Adjective
oppressive
x/x
Adjective
flinty
/x
Adjective
brusque
/
Adjective
humorless
/xx
Adjective
demure
x/
Adjective
stoical
/xx
Adjective
unforgiving
xx/x
Adjective
unsentimental
xxx/x
Adjective
unbending
x/x
Adjective
florid
/x
Adjective
businesslike
/xx
Adjective
unapproachable
xx/xx
Adjective
stony
/x
Noun
morose
x/
Adjective
cloistered
/x
Adjective
extravagant
x/xx
Adjective
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
genteel
x/
Adjective
solemn
/x
Adjective
steely
/x
Adjective
bland
/
Noun
unworldly
x/x
Adjective
unyielding
x/x
Adjective
inhospitable
x/xxx
Adjective
baroque
x/
Noun
congenial
x/x
Adjective
regimented
/xxx
Adjective
reverential
xx/x
Adjective
brutal
/x
Adjective
subdued
x/
Adjective
impassive
x/x
Adjective
understated
/xxx
Verb
bellicose
/xx
Adjective
stodgy
/x
Adjective
draconian
x/xx
Adjective
parsimonious
xx/xx
Adjective
ornate
x/
Adjective
diffident
/xx
Adjective
unusually
x/xxx
Adverb
abstruse
x/
Adjective
restrictive
x/x
Adjective
inscrutable
x/xx
Adjective
astonishingly
x/xxx
Adverb
strikingly
/xx
Adverb
sullen
/x
Adjective
modest
/x
Adjective
pharisaic
/xxx
Name
excruciatingly
x/xxxx
Adverb
sterile
/x
Adjective
garish
/x
Adjective
arid
/x
Noun
unconventional
xx/xx
Adjective
stringent
/x
Adjective
stuffy
/x
Adjective
banal
x/
Adjective
appallingly
x/xx
Adverb
anarchic
x/x
Adjective
chaste
/
Adjective
grave
/
Noun
rugged
/x
Adjective
morbid
/x
Adjective
gruff
/
Adjective
intense
x/
Adjective
rigorous
/xx
Adjective
knotty
/x
Adjective
sharp
/
Adjective
sober
/x
Adjective
gaunt
/
Noun
shrewd
/
Adjective
ceremonious
xx/xx
Adjective
gruesome
/x
Adjective
savage
/x
Noun
distinguished
x/x
Adjective
scrupulous
/xx
Adjective
nominalist
/xxx
Noun
penance
/x
Noun
strode
/
Verb
cato
/x
Name
moralist
/xx
Noun
puritanism
/xxxx
Noun
puritan
/xx
Name
classicism
/xxx
Noun
calvinism
/xxx
Name
intellectualism
xxx/xxx
Noun
reserved
x/
Verb
grandeur
x/
Noun
mien
/
Noun
simplicity
x/xx
Noun
restrained
x/
Verb
functionalism
/xxxx
Noun
exterior
x/xx
Noun
probity
/xx
Noun
facades
x/
Noun
abstinent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
acquaintance
x/x
Noun
advanced
x/
Adjective
arable
/xx
Adjective
avail
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
barrels
/x
Noun
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
billets
/x
Noun
bitterness
/xx
Noun
blind
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
brothers
/x
Adverb
burnt
/
Adjective
bushels
/x
Noun
changed
/
Adjective
civil
/x
Adjective, Name
con
/
Noun, Verb
crude
/
Adjective, Noun
decorous
/xx
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dignified
/xx
Adjective
drab
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
frugal
/x
Adjective
imperfect
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
lax
/
Adjective, Noun
primitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
radical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
relaxed
x/
Adjective
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
rustic
/x
Adjective, Noun
safe
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
saner
/x
Noun
sedate
x/
Adjective, Verb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
strict
/
Adjective
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
urbane
x/
Adjective
shirtless
/x
Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb