Synonyms for shrink
ʃrɪŋkshrink

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1. shrinknoun

   Synonyms:
   head-shrinker

   Antonyms:
   stretch, enlarge, grow, expand

2. shrinknoun

   To contract, to (cause to) become smaller.

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

   Synonyms:
   head-shrinker

   Antonyms:
   grow, stretch, expand, enlarge

3. shrinkverb

   To cower or flinch.

   Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.

   Synonyms:
   head-shrinker

   Antonyms:
   stretch, enlarge, expand, grow

4. shrinkverb

   Synonyms:
   funk, shirk

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1. shrink

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

   Antonyms:
   stretch, expand, dilate, venture, dare

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrinkverb

   a physician who specializes in psychiatry

   Synonyms:
   head-shrinker, headhunter, psychiatrist

   Antonyms:
   stretch

2. shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, witherverb

   wither, as with a loss of moisture

   "The fruit dried and shriveled"

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

   Antonyms:
   stretch

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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   stretch

4. shrink, reduceverb

   reduce in size; reduce physically

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

   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

   Antonyms:
   stretch

5. shrink, contractverb

   become smaller or draw together

   "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

   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

   Antonyms:
   stretch

6. shrink, shrivelverb

   decrease in size, range, or extent

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

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

   Antonyms:
   stretch

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. shrinkverb

   Synonyms:
   shrivel, contract, decrease, dwindle, wither

2. shrinkverb

   Synonyms:
   recoil, blench, flinch, withdraw, swerve, draw back, give way, lack courage or resolution

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1. shrinkverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "shrink":

   therapist, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychoanalyst, reduce, analyst, psych, shrug

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How to use shrink in a sentence?

1. Joseph Wu:

   I along with our country's people feel sad, angry and regretful, china grabbing our allies and giving us pressure in the diplomatic space will not shrink the distance across the (Taiwan) strait and will not let cross-strait relations walk on a peaceful, friendly path.

2. Mark Esper:

   I hope he does. I think the National Security Council staff needs to shrink and focus on coordinating between the departments.

3. Mark Zuckerberg:

   Many teams are going to shrink so that we can shift energy to other areas within the company.

4. David Staples:

   You shrink your trading book and you shrink some trading profit margin opportunities.

5. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   There are in existence two periods when we shrink from any great vicissitude—early youth and old age. In the middle of life, we are indifferent to change ; for we have discovered that nothing is, in the end, so good or so bad as it at first appeared.