Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kern

2 senses of kern

Sense 1
Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern -- (United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945))
       INSTANCE OF=> composer -- (someone who composes music as a profession)

Sense 2
kern -- (the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body)
       => type -- (a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up")

Antonyms of verb kern

2 senses of kern

Sense 1
kern -- (furnish with a kern)
       Antonym of kern (Sense 2)
      => kern -- (remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters))

Sense 2
kern -- (remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters))
       Antonym of kern (Sense 1)
      => kern -- (furnish with a kern)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb kern

2 senses of kern

Sense 1
kern -- (furnish with a kern)
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 2
kern -- (remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters))
       => get rid of, remove -- (dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood")