Antonyms for shrink
ʃrɪŋkshrink

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1. shrinknoun

   Antonyms:
   stretch, enlarge, grow, expand

   Synonyms:
   head-shrinker

2. shrinknoun

   To contract, to (cause to) become smaller.

   Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, / That I had less to praise. Leigh Hunt.

   Antonyms:
   grow, stretch, expand, enlarge

   Synonyms:
   head-shrinker

3. shrinkverb

   To cower or flinch.

   Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.

   Antonyms:
   stretch, enlarge, expand, grow

   Synonyms:
   head-shrinker

4. shrinkverb

   Synonyms:
   funk, shirk

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shrink

   Antonyms:
   stretch, expand, dilate, venture, dare

   Synonyms:
   contract, shrivel, withdraw, retire, recoil, revolt

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrinkverb

   a physician who specializes in psychiatry

   Antonyms:
   stretch

   Synonyms:
   head-shrinker, headhunter, psychiatrist

2. shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, witherverb

   wither, as with a loss of moisture

   "The fruit dried and shriveled"

   Antonyms:
   stretch

   Synonyms:
   wince, shrivel, fade, flinch, recoil, shrivel up, squinch, quail, contract, wither, reduce, funk, cringe

3. flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quailverb

   draw back, as with fear or pain

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

   Antonyms:
   stretch

   Synonyms:
   rebound, cower, bound, shrivel up, reverberate, quail, flinch, funk, shrivel, grovel, spring, ricochet, kick back, cringe, take a hop, wither, backfire, bounce, backlash, resile, reduce, wince, kick, recoil, squinch, creep, crawl, squint, contract, fawn

4. shrink, reduceverb

   reduce in size; reduce physically

   "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

   Antonyms:
   stretch

   Synonyms:
   wither, bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, quail, trim down, thin out, cut, funk, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut down, flinch, tighten, wince, shrivel up, abridge, reduce, recoil, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, cringe, concentrate, thin, deoxidize, subjugate, dilute, shorten, slim, shrivel, squinch, come down, deoxidise, abbreviate, cut back, keep down, lose weight, repress

5. shrink, contractverb

   become smaller or draw together

   "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

   Antonyms:
   stretch

   Synonyms:
   shorten, sign, condense, concentrate, sign up, abbreviate, shrivel up, constrict, narrow, quail, flinch, funk, take, shrivel, undertake, reduce, cut, cringe, abridge, squeeze, get, compress, contract, sign on, wince, foreshorten, recoil, squinch, wither, press, compact

6. shrink, shrivelverb

   decrease in size, range, or extent

   "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

   Antonyms:
   stretch

   Synonyms:
   recoil, wince, shrivel, flinch, quail, shrivel up, squinch, contract, wither, reduce, funk, cringe

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1. shrinkverb

   Synonyms:
   contract, shrivel, decrease, dwindle, flinch, recoil, blench, wince, winch

How to use shrink in a sentence?

1. Thomas Paine:

   The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

2. Joe Biden:

   So, now let us step up, write the next chapter in American history where Jan. 6 marks not the end of democracy, but the beginning of a renaissance of liberty and fair play, i did not seek this fight brought to this Capitol one year ago today, but I will not shrink from it either.

3. John Koenig:

   While you're in it, life seems epic. Fiery, tenuous, and unpredictable. But once you have some distance from it, everything seems to shrink, until it's almost out of focus. So you begin scanning your life looking for something interesting or beautiful. But all you see is ordinary people assembled in their tiny classrooms and workspaces, each of us moving around in little steps, like tokens on a game board.

4. Ted Seides:

   The mismatch in assets and liabilities could leave serious problems for those left holding the bag should the fund shrink in size.

5. Jamie Clark:

   The perpetrators of 2008 still need to pay a penance and must shrink balance sheets in so doing, we read job cuts as only one sign of the secular, rather than cyclical trend to permanently smaller banks.

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