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. 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.

2. Niccolò Machiavelli:

   Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

3. Daphna Gelblum:

   Dose escalation has become feasible as we have gained a greater confidence in tumor location permitting us to shrink the size of our treatment windows and greatly reducing the normal tissue toxicity.

4. Major League Baseball:

   The minor league season was canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Teams provided players $ 400 per week for most or all of the season anyway, a sum that represented a raise for many lower-level minor leaguers. Major League Baseball plans to raise minor league salaries in 2021, pushing the minimum yearly salary for a full-season player at Class A from $ 5,800 to $ 10,000. The league is expected to shrink the minor leagues by as much as 25 % after failing to renew its agreement last month with the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. While Major League Baseball does not comment on ongoing litigation, MLB remains focused on modernizing Major League Baseball player development system to enhance the minor league experience for players, including providing them with renovated facilities, reduced travel, and improved daily working conditions.

5. Frank Azor:

   Because of the smaller display borders, we were able to shrink the product overall.