stock-still

1. 1.

   absolutely still

   “frozen with horror”

   “they stood rooted in astonishment”

   Synonymsfrozenrooted

   Similarnonmoving

1. 1.

   without moving or making a sound

   “he sat still as a statue”

   “time stood still”

   “they waited stock-still outside the door”

   “he couldn't hold still any longer”

   Synonymsstill

Questions about stock-still

What does stock-still mean?

stock-still means "absolutely still". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stock-still?

stock-still has 2 syllables: stock--still. The stress falls on "stock-".

What is another word for stock-still?

Close synonyms include frozen, rooted, still. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stock-still a common word?

stock-still is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.