Food and drink
Synonyms for stock
Synonyms for stock: standard, broth, breed, inventory and store. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for stock
Interchangeable with stock, one per sense
Audited under stock's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one stock carries in that sense.
- standardadjective, in the sense "regularly and widely used or sold"
- brothnoun, in the sense "liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name stock as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from stock's own entries in the bank, and three were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
regularly and widely used or sold
A stock item.
stock in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The hardware store carries stock bolts in every common size for quick replacement.
- She sent a stock reply instead of addressing the specific complaint in the letter.
How it behaves: Stock typically premodifies a noun such as item, model, size, or reply, rather than standing alone as a predicate adjective.
The true synonym
standard
Same sentence, swapped: A standard item.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- tired
- mass
- capital
Opposites, in this sense
custom, unique and rare reverse stock as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of stock takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- custom
- unique
- rare
liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered
She made gravy with a base of beef stock.
The true synonym
broth
Same sentence, swapped: She made gravy with a base of beef broth.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot stock is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- fund
- origin
- wonton
Where stock turns up in the game
stock is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in seven other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 7 puzzles where stock is the trap
- beginningadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is first, in the sense "serving to begin", so stock is there to be ruled out.
- confidencenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is authority, in the sense "freedom from doubt", and stock is on the board beside it.
- currentnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is flow, in the sense "dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas", with stock sitting one tile away.
- acceptedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is recognized, in the sense "generally approved or compelling recognition", with stock sitting one tile away.
Play stock
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stock reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because food and drink is the company stock keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. stock carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.