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See definition of shrink on Dictionary.com
  • verbbecome smaller
  • verbrecoil, shy away

synonyms for shrink

  • decrease
  • diminish
  • drop off
  • dwindle
  • fall off
  • lessen
  • narrow
  • reduce
  • shorten
  • shrivel
  • wane
  • weaken
  • wither
  • compress
  • concentrate
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • deflate
  • fail
  • waste
  • wrinkle
  • fall short
  • grow smaller
  • waste away
See also synonyms for: shrank / shrinkingly / shrinking / shrunken / shrunk / unshrinking
On this page you'll find 146 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shrink, such as: decrease, diminish, drop off, dwindle, fall off, and lessen.

antonyms for shrink

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  • develop
  • enlarge
  • expand
  • extend
  • grow
  • increase
  • lengthen
  • raise
  • rise
  • strengthen
  • blow up
  • loosen
  • stretch
  • face
  • meet
  • take on
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How to use shrink in a sentence

Kurz called time on the coalition and in elections last September the Freedom Party saw its share of the vote shrink.
IS THE SLIDE OF EUROPEAN POPULISM PERMANENT?CHARU KASTURIOCTOBER 15, 2020OZY
The lever that’s now taking charge as demand recedes is the ongoing big shrink in inventory.
HOUSING FLIPS THE RECESSION SCRIPT: PRICES WILL KEEP RISING FOR UP TO A YEAR, BUT HERE’S HOW THE PARTY WILL ENDSHAWN TULLYOCTOBER 4, 2020FORTUNE
The big looming shrink in pollution permits raises questions about the sustainability of the EV-maker’s bottom line.
TESLA’S BIGGEST PROFIT CENTER IS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO RUNNING OUT OF POWERSHAWN TULLYSEPTEMBER 30, 2020FORTUNE
A shrink later told me the dream represented “safe danger,” but I never understood half of what he said, including that.
MY WEEK SHADOWING A TORNADO HUNTER IN OKLAHOMALINDA LOGANSEPTEMBER 10, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
Frasier is a radio shrink and Roz is his producer and friend.
IF YOUR SPIRITS NEED A BOOST, WATCH ‘FRASIER’KATHI WOLFEAUGUST 13, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE
Great was the surprise of Alf at the honour and labour thus thrust upon him, but he did not shrink from it.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
Even the lawless classes of society generally shrink from blood.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
It continues to grow after birth, but later begins to shrink and nearly disappears in the adult.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRIS
They brave dangers and risk consequences; shall we shrink from them?
THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATESMARTIN R. DELANY
She had held herself in her heart as his promised wife for six long weeks, how could she shrink from him?
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATER
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WORDS RELATED TO SHRINK

  • accountant
  • couch doctor
  • examiner
  • guru
  • head shrinker
  • inquisitor
  • investigator
  • number cruncher
  • psychiatrist
  • psychotherapist
  • questioner
  • shrink
  • therapist
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.