Thesaurus.com
Thesaurus / shrimp
FEEDBACK

shrimp

See definition of shrimp on Dictionary.com
  • as ininconsequential
  • as inpuny
  • as insmall
  • as instunted
  • as inshellfish
  • as inpipsqueak
  • as inrunt

synonyms for shrimp

  • insignificant
  • negligible
  • trivial
  • unimportant
  • worthless
  • big zero
  • casual
  • dinky
  • entry-level
  • exiguous
  • immaterial
  • inadequate
  • inappreciable
  • inconsequent
  • inconsiderable
  • insufficient
  • light
  • little
  • measly
  • minor
  • no biggie
  • paltry
  • petty
  • picayune
  • puny
  • runt
  • scanty
  • shoestring
  • skimpy
  • small
  • small potatoes
  • small-time
  • trifling
  • two bit
  • unconsidered
  • wimpy
See also synonyms for: shrimps
On this page you'll find 236 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shrimp, such as: insignificant, negligible, trivial, unimportant, worthless, and big zero.

antonyms for shrimp

MOST RELEVANT
  • consequential
  • important
  • significant
  • useful
  • valuable
  • worthwhile
  • important
  • significant
  • strong
  • big
  • giant
  • huge
  • large
        Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
        QUIZ
        Quaere Yourself: Can I Ace This Week's Word Of The Day Quiz?
        START THE QUIZ

        How to use shrimp in a sentence

        The only thing basic about the shrimp-and-pork wonton soup seems to be the name of the dish.
        TOM SIETSEMA’S 8 FAVORITE PLACES TO EAT RIGHT NOWTOM SIETSEMAJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
        By early 2020, that number had jumped to at least 55 startups around the world trying to re-create at least 15 different types of animal flesh, including pork, shrimp, chicken, duck, lamb, even foie gras.
        YOUR FIRST LAB-GROWN BURGER IS COMING SOON—AND IT’LL BE “BLENDED”KATIE MCLEANDECEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
        If tofu isn’t enough to keep you full, try subbing in shrimp.
        THIS WEEKEND: ESCAPE THIS MESSY WORLD WITH A MEMOIRJOSHUA EFERIGHENOVEMBER 6, 2020OZY
        There were so many shrimp in the net they pulled it to the top.
        14 WILD EDIBLES YOU CAN PULL RIGHT OUT OF THE OCEANBY BOB MCNALLY/FIELD & STREAMOCTOBER 19, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
        Those roots provide critical habitat for fish, shrimp and other marine animals.
        SOGGY COASTAL SOILS? HERE’S WHY ECOLOGISTS LOVE THEMALISON PEARCE STEVENSSEPTEMBER 17, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
        Even the Chinese shrimp-pickers were lounging on the beach before their little shack village.
        ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
        Under these circumstances, the learned counsel called on the jury to reduce the damages to a shrimp.
        THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS
        It is, of course, a dead sea, for there is absolutely nothing living in it save a variety of shrimp of low organization.
        THE CRADLE OF MANKINDW.A. WIGRAM
        "Left arm, sir, if you please," replied Shrimp in a shrill treble.
        FRANK FAIRLEGHFRANK E. SMEDLEY
        But, my dear Lawless, out of the host of servants at Heathfield, how do you know it was Shrimp who did it?
        FRANK FAIRLEGHFRANK E. SMEDLEY
        SYNONYM OF THE DAY
        OCTOBER 26, 1985
        Choose the synonym for future
        capacitor
        lightning
        DeLorean

        WORDS RELATED TO SHRIMP

        Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.