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

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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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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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility-I welcome it.

3. Oprah Winfrey:

   You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.

4. David Staples:

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

5. Craig Brandon:

   Regardless of how things get restructured today, the fact that the economy continues to shrink and the population continues to shrink is a problem for the credit going forward.