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stock

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of STOCK

1
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor <the bride comes from good stock>
2
a stupid person <just sat there like a stock, staring at me blankly whenever I asked him a question>
Synonyms airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo
Antonyms brain, genius
3
firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something <don't put any stock in her promises—she'll just tell you what she thinks you want to hear>
Antonyms distrust, mistrust
4
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended <his family is of mixed northern European stock>
5
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time <the new study adds to the general stock of knowledge about genetic disorders>

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