What does steward mean?
Word: Steward
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Steward means a person who looks after passengers on a ship, train or plane, or who manages a large house, an estate or an event on someone else's behalf.
Synonyms: attendant, manager, caretaker
How do you spell steward?
Syllables: stew - ard
Tricky part: It begins with stew, as in vegetable stew, and ends with ard. Students write stuard or stewerd.
Watch out for: stuard, stewerd, steword
Memory tip: A steward on a ship might serve stew, and the word starts with that stew before ending in ard.
Steward in a sentence
Example 1: The steward brought blankets when the night train grew cold.
Example 2: Ask a steward if you cannot find the way out of the stadium.
Example 3: The old estate's steward kept careful accounts of every penny spent.
Fun Fact
The Stewart royal family of Scotland, later spelt Stuart, took its name from the office of High Steward of Scotland held by its early members.
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Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word steward as it is used in the sentence:
During the hill marathon, a steward stood at every bend to point the runners the right way.
a) official
b) winner
c) sponsor
d) runner
Show answer
a) official. A steward at a race is one of the officials who keep it running safely; the runners, sponsors and winners are other people.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
On the overnight ferry to Port Blair, the steward led the tired guests down a narrow coridor to their cabins.
a) guests
b) coridor
c) steward
d) cabins
Show answer
b) coridor. Corridor needs a double r, and coridor has only one.
Spell-o-Spell
Read the four words. Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. mariener 2. conducter 3. steward 4. navigater
a) someone who serves travellers or runs an estate for its owner
b) a sailor, especially one on long voyages
c) the person who checks tickets on a bus or train
d) the person who plans the route of a ship or aircraft
Show answer
a) someone who serves travellers or runs an estate for its owner. Conductor and navigator both end in or, and mariner has no e after the i.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
On the houseboat in Amsterdam, the twresad served us hot cocoa every evening.
a) wasted
b) steward
c) stewed
d) strewed
Show answer
b) steward. Cross out the letters of steward one by one and nothing is left over; strewed and stewed would need a second e, and wasted has no r.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A steward on a cruise ship is part of the ship's ____.
a) passengers
b) audience
c) crew
d) cargo
Show answer
c) crew
2. Someone who is a good steward of a forest ____.
a) visits it once in a while
b) studies it from far away
c) protects it for the future
d) sells its timber for profit
Show answer
c) protects it for the future
