STALK: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STALK?

Need another word that means the same as “stalk”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “stalk” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Stalk” are: chaff, husk, shuck, straw, stubble, stem, stalking, still hunt, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, reed, haunt

Stalk as a Noun

Definitions of "Stalk" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stalk” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The main stem of a herbaceous plant.
• A stalklike support for a sessile animal, or for an organ in an animal.
• A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ.
• Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
• A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush.
• The slender attachment or support of a leaf, flower, or fruit.
• The act of following prey stealthily.
• (in a vehicle) a lever on the steering column controlling the indicators, lights, etc.
• A stiff or threatening gait.
• A slender support or stem of an object.

Synonyms of "Stalk" as a noun (16 Words)

bent	A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way. She had no natural bent for literature.
bine	European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America.
cane	Any plant that produces canes. Raspberry canes.
chaff	Chopped hay and straw used as fodder. He hopes to separate scientifically supported claims from pseudoscientific chaff.
haulm	A stalk or stem. Potato haulm.
husk	The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds. The husks of dead bugs.
reed	A rustic musical pipe made from a reed or from straw. A reed relay.
shoot	A shooting match. Follow the portages that skirt all nine shoots of whitewater.
shuck	A person or thing regarded as worthless or contemptible. He said the idea was a shuck.
stalking	The act of following prey stealthily.
stem	The root or main part of a word, to which inflections or formative elements are added. Her fingers tightened on the stem of her glass.
still hunt	A static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes.
stock	Farm animals such as cattle pigs and sheep bred and kept for their meat or milk livestock. I felt I was right but my stock was low with this establishment.
straw	A pale yellow colour like that of straw. The tramp sat chewing a straw.
stubble	Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds. Stubble burning.
trunk	An enclosed shaft or conduit for cables or ventilation. He put his golf bag in the trunk.

Usage Examples of "Stalk" as a noun

• He chewed a stalk of grass.
• The acorns grow on stalks.
• The control stalk on the car's fascia.
• Drinking glasses with long stalks.

Stalk as a Verb

Definitions of "Stalk" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stalk” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Go through (an area) in search of prey.
• Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to.
• Walk stiffly.

Synonyms of "Stalk" as a verb (1 Word)

haunt

Haunt like a ghost pursue. She haunts the ballet.

Usage Examples of "Stalk" as a verb

• Stalk the woods for deer.
• Her ex-boyfriend stalked her.

Associations of "Stalk" (30 Words)

barley	The grain of barley.
bean	A leguminous plant that bears beans in pods. He didn t have a bean.
bud	Develop buds. A budding friendship.
chaff	The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing. He hopes to separate scientifically supported claims from pseudoscientific chaff.
corn	The dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal. Fields of corn.
crop	Yield crops. The southern areas are cropped in cotton.
defoliate	Remove leaves from (a tree, plant, or area of land), for agricultural purposes or as a military tactic. A defoliated poplar.
flower	A flower together with its stalk picked for use as a decoration. She flowered into as striking a beauty as her mother.
grain	Form into grains. He scored along the grain of the table with the knife.
grass	A mainly herbaceous plant with jointed stems and spikes of small wind pollinated flowers predominant in grass. Anglers grassed 294 trout.
hay	Convert plant material into hay. The grass had all hayed off and gone to seed.
husk	Remove the husks from. They set up mills to husk the rice.
leaf	A thing that resembles a leaf in being flat and thin. An oak leaf.
liana	The free hanging stem of a liana.
ovule	A small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization.
pedicel	A small stalk bearing an individual flower in an inflorescence.
petiole	The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.
plant	Put or set seeds seedlings or plants into the ground. Inadequate investment in new plant.
planter	The owner or manager of a plantation. Hanging baskets tubs and planters.
pollen	A fine powdery substance typically yellow consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower or from a male cone Each grain contains a male gamete that can fertilize the female ovule to which pollen is transported by the wind insects or other animals.
rick	Pile in ricks. The nine cords of good spruce wood ricked up in the back yard.
seed	Go to seed shed seeds. You can grow artichokes from seed.
shuck	Remove the shucks from maize or shellfish. Shuck oysters.
sprout	Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots. The potatoes sprouted.
stem	Remove the stem from. The main stem of the wing feathers.
straw	Of a pale yellow color like straw straw colored. The tramp sat chewing a straw.
tree	A thing that has a branching structure resembling that of a tree. This lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer.
vine	A climbing or trailing woody stemmed plant related to the grapevine. The vines of a vast wisteria.
wheat	Grains of common wheat sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal usually ground into flour.
winnow	(of the wind) blow. Amidst this welter of confusing signals it s difficult to winnow out the truth.