1. (verb) psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrink
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Synonyms: shrink, head-shrinker, headhunter, psychiatrist
Antonyms: stretch
2. (verb) shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
wither, as with a loss of moisture
Synonyms: shrink, wince, shrivel, fade, flinch, recoil, shrivel up, squinch, quail, contract, wither, reduce, funk, cringe
Antonyms: stretch
3. (verb) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
draw back, as with fear or pain
Synonyms: rebound, cower, bound, shrivel up, reverberate, quail, shrink, 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. (verb) shrink, reduce
reduce in size; reduce physically
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, shrink, 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. (verb) shrink, contract
become smaller or draw together
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, shrink, compact
Antonyms: stretch
6. (verb) shrink, shrivel
decrease in size, range, or extent
Synonyms: recoil, wince, shrivel, flinch, quail, shrivel up, squinch, shrink, contract, wither, reduce, funk, cringe
Antonyms: stretch
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Synonyms and Antonyms of shrink 
