overstock

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verb

To stock to an excessive degree.

“Near-synonym: oversupply”

Similar
oversupply
Opposite
understockstockout
OriginEnglish stock ← Middle English stok ← Old English stocc →
CommonScrabble 18
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Meanings

verboverstock (third-person singular simple present overstocks, present participle overstocking, simple past and past participle overstocked)

present singular third person overstocks · participle present overstocking · participle past overstocked · past overstocked

  1. transitiveTo stock to an excessive degree.

    Antonyms: understock

nounoverstock (plural overstocks)

plural overstocks

  1. An excessive stock; a surplus or glut.

    Near-synonym: oversupply

    1 more example

    This overstock of beauty, for which there are so few bidders, calls for an immediate supply of lovers and husbands […]

    1794, The Tatler, volume 4, page 24

    Synonyms: oversupply · Antonyms: stockout

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo stock to an excessive degree.

Opposite
understock

nounAn excessive stock; a surplus or glut.

Similar
oversupply
Opposite
stockout

More synonyms by meaning

verbstock excessively

Opposite
understock
Broader
stockbuy instock up
Also see
oversupply

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*stikaną
  9. Proto-Germanic*stukkaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*stokk
  11. Old Englishstocc
  12. Middle Englishstok
  13. Englishstock
  14. Englishoverstock

From over- + stock.

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Translations

Finnish ylijäämävarasto
  • ylijäämävarastoTranslations
French surstock
  • surstockTranslations
Polish nadmiar
  • nadmiarTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overstock

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Cite this entry
APA

overstock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstock

MLA

“overstock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstock. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overstock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstock.

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