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

5 senses of stub

Sense 1
stub -- (a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost)
       => plant part, plant structure -- (any part of a plant or fungus)

Sense 2
nub, stub -- (a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil")
       => part, piece -- (a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite")

Sense 3
stub, ticket stub -- (a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt)
       => receipt -- (an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made)

Sense 4
stub, check stub, counterfoil -- (the part of a check that is retained as a record)
       => record -- (anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques")

Sense 5
butt, stub -- (the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking))
       => part, portion -- (something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together")

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

4 senses of stub

Sense 1
stub -- (pull up (weeds) by their roots)
       => uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out -- (pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden")

Sense 2
stub -- (extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now")
       => snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench -- (put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles")

Sense 3
stub -- (clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field")
       => weed -- (clear of weeds; "weed the garden")

Sense 4
stub -- (strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken")
       => hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with -- (hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow")