Synonyms for stock

Synonyms for (noun) stock

Synonyms: livestock, farm animal, stock

Definition: any animals kept for use or profit

Similar words: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

Definition: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials


Synonyms: neckcloth, stock

Definition: an ornamental white cravat

Similar words: cravat

Definition: neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front


Synonyms: stock, inventory

Definition: the merchandise that a shop has on hand

Usage: they carried a vast inventory of hardware; they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory

Similar words: merchandise, product, ware

Definition: commodities offered for sale

Usage: good business depends on having good merchandise; that store offers a variety of products


Synonyms: stock

Definition: the handle end of some implements or tools

Usage: he grabbed the cue by the stock

Similar words: handgrip, handle, grip, hold

Definition: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

Usage: he grabbed the hammer by the handle; it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip


Synonyms: stock, gunstock

Definition: the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun

Usage: the rifle had been fitted with a special stock

Similar words: handgrip, handle, grip, hold

Definition: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

Usage: he grabbed the hammer by the handle; it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip


Similar words: support

Definition: any device that bears the weight of another thing

Usage: there was no place to attach supports for a shelf


Synonyms: stock

Definition: lumber used in the construction of something

Usage: they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter

Similar words: lumber, timber

Definition: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material


Synonyms: broth, stock

Definition: liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces

Usage: she made gravy with a base of beef stock

Similar words: soup

Definition: liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food


Synonyms: stock, strain, breed

Definition: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

Usage: he experimented on a particular breed of white rats; he created a new strain of sheep

Similar words: animal group

Definition: a group of animals


Similar words: variety

Definition: (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics

Usage: varieties are frequently recognized in botany


Synonyms: pedigree, parentage, origin, blood, blood line, bloodline, ancestry, line, line of descent, lineage, descent, stemma, stock

Definition: the descendants of one individual

Usage: his entire lineage has been warriors

Similar words: family tree, genealogy

Definition: successive generations of kin


Synonyms: Malcolm stock, stock

Definition: any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

Similar words: flower

Definition: a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms


Synonyms: stock, gillyflower

Definition: any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

Similar words: flower

Definition: a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms


Synonyms: stock

Definition: a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants

Similar words: plant part, plant structure

Definition: any part of a plant or fungus


Synonyms: caudex, stock

Definition: persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

Similar words: stem, stalk

Definition: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ


Synonyms: stock

Definition: the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)

Usage: he owns a controlling share of the company's stock

Similar words: working capital, capital

Definition: assets available for use in the production of further assets


Synonyms: stock, store, fund

Definition: a supply of something available for future use

Usage: he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

Similar words: accumulation

Definition: (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation


Synonyms: stock, stock certificate

Definition: a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation

Usage: the value of his stocks doubled during the past year

Similar words: security, certificate

Definition: a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends

Usage: he held several valuable securities


Synonyms: stock

Definition: the reputation and popularity a person has

Usage: his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor

Similar words: reputation, repute

Definition: the state of being held in high esteem and honor


Synonyms for (verb) stock

Synonyms: sprout, stock

Definition: put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

Usage: the plant sprouted early this year

Similar words: grow, get, acquire, produce, develop

Definition: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Usage: He grew a beard; The patient developed abdominal pains; I got funny spots all over my body; Well-developed breasts


Synonyms: stock, stockpile, carry

Definition: have on hand

Usage: Do you carry kerosene heaters?

Similar words: hold, have, have got

Definition: have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

Usage: She has $1,000 in the bank; He has got two beautiful daughters; She holds a Master's degree from Harvard


Synonyms: stock

Definition: provide or furnish with a stock of something

Usage: stock the larder with meat

Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish

Definition: give something useful or necessary to

Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater


Synonyms: stock, stock up, buy in

Definition: amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use

Usage: let's stock coffee as long as prices are low

Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish

Definition: give something useful or necessary to

Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater


Synonyms: stock

Definition: supply with livestock

Usage: stock a farm

Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish

Definition: give something useful or necessary to

Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater


Synonyms: stock

Definition: supply with fish

Usage: stock a lake

Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish

Definition: give something useful or necessary to

Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater


Synonyms: stock

Definition: equip with a stock

Usage: stock a rifle

Similar words: outfit, equip, fit, fit out

Definition: provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

Usage: The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities


Synonyms for (adj) stock

Synonyms: trite, timeworn, tired, stock, threadbare, old-hat, hackneyed, commonplace, banal, shopworn, well-worn

Definition: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Usage: bromidic sermons; his remarks were trite and commonplace; hackneyed phrases; a stock answer; repeating threadbare jokes; parroting some timeworn axiom; the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

Similar words: unoriginal

Definition: not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual

Usage: the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations; his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern- Gwethalyn Graham


Synonyms: standard, stock

Definition: regularly and widely used or sold

Usage: a standard size; a stock item

Similar words: regular

Definition: in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle

Usage: his regular calls on his customers; regular meals; regular duties


Synonyms: stock

Definition: routine

Usage: a stock answer

Similar words: standard

Definition: conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind

Usage: windows of standard width; standard sizes; the standard fixtures; standard brands; standard operating procedure


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