She's made shrimp dumplings and added shiitakes with Sichuan pepper.
Source: tatoeba (830270)
Shrimp
/ʃɹɪmp/
Synonyms for "shrimp" (135 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (41)
drivedummydungeness crabdwarfechiuroideaectoproctaelfentoproctafeatherweightfigureheadfingerlingfishfly-fishgiggnomego fishinggrigguddlehomunculusinsignificancy
Show 17 more words
jackjacklightjackstrawjapanese crabjiglangoustelightweightlilliputianlimpetlittle fellowlittle guylittleneck clamlobsterman in the streetman of strawmanikinmediocrity
Noun(4 words)
Related words (67)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: prawn, a nobody, a nothing, angle, bait the hook.
- Sentence evidence is available for shrimp, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "shrimp".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "shrimp"
Keep "shrimp" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "shrimp" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "shrimp", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "shrimp" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
11 entriesarthropodcrustaceandecapoddecapod crustaceanfishfishingharvestingindividualpersonseafoodsmall person
More specific
7 entriesCollocations
10 entriesfarmed shrimpshrimp boatsshrimp catchshrimp farmingshrimp fishingshrimp harvestshrimp industryshrimp pasteshrimping seasonwild shrimp
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
179 translations across 119 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- garnaal noun (decapod crustacean)
Albanian
1 entries- karkalec deti noun (decapod crustacean)
Amis
1 entries- 'afar noun (decapod crustacean)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- καρίς noun (decapod crustacean)
Arabic
4 entries- إِرْبِيَان noun (decapod crustacean)
- جمبري noun (decapod crustacean)
- جمبري noun (decapod crustacean)
- جَمْبَرِيّ noun (decapod crustacean)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܐܪܒܝܬ݂ܐ noun (decapod crustacean)
Armenian
3 entries- ծովամորեխ noun (decapod crustacean)
- կրեւետ noun (decapod crustacean)
- մանր ծովախեցգետին noun (decapod crustacean)
Assamese
2 entries- নিচলা মাছ noun (decapod crustacean)
- মিছা মাছ noun (decapod crustacean)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- krevet noun (decapod crustacean)
Basque
1 entries- izkira noun (decapod crustacean)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- nang noun (decapod crustacean)
Belarusian
1 entries- крэве́тка noun (decapod crustacean)
Bengali
4 entries- ইঁচা noun (decapod crustacean)
- ইচলা noun (decapod crustacean)
- ইচলি noun (decapod crustacean)
- চিংড়ি noun (decapod crustacean)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- झींगा noun (decapod crustacean)
Bikol Central
1 entries- buyod noun (decapod crustacean)
Bulgarian
1 entries- скари́да noun (decapod crustacean)
Burmese
2 entries- ပုစွန် noun (decapod crustacean)
- မျှင် noun (decapod crustacean)
Catalan
1 entries- gamba noun (decapod crustacean)
Cebuano
1 entries- pasayan noun (decapod crustacean)
Central Melanau
1 entries- udeang noun (decapod crustacean)
Chamicuro
1 entries- kuchi noun (decapod crustacean)
Chamorro
1 entries- uhang noun (decapod crustacean)
Chechen
1 entries- креветка noun (decapod crustacean)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎽᏈ noun (decapod crustacean)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 蝦 /虾 noun (decapod crustacean)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 毛蝦 /毛虾 noun (decapod crustacean)
- 蝦 /虾 noun (decapod crustacean)
Chukchi
1 entries- кэӈъирин noun (decapod crustacean)
Cornish
1 entries- bibyn bubyn noun (decapod crustacean)
Czech
1 entries- kreveta noun (decapod crustacean)
Danish
1 entries- reje noun (decapod crustacean)
Dutch
1 entries- garnaal noun (decapod crustacean)
Esperanto
1 entries- salikoko noun (decapod crustacean)
Estonian
1 entries- krevett noun (decapod crustacean)
Faroese
1 entries- rækja noun (decapod crustacean)
Fijian
1 entries- ura noun (decapod crustacean)
Finnish
1 entries- katkarapu noun (decapod crustacean)
French
1 entries- crevette noun (decapod crustacean)
Galician
2 entries- camarón noun (decapod crustacean)
- esquía noun (decapod crustacean)
Georgian
1 entries- კრევეტი noun (decapod crustacean)
German
3 entries- Garnele noun (decapod crustacean)
- Krabbe noun (decapod crustacean)
- Shrimp noun (decapod crustacean)
Greek
1 entries- γαρίδα noun (decapod crustacean)
Greenlandic
2 entries- kinguppak noun (decapod crustacean)
- peqquttaq noun (decapod crustacean)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- chèvrèt noun (decapod crustacean)
Hebrew
3 entries- חסילון noun (decapod crustacean)
- שרימפ noun (decapod crustacean)
- שרימפס noun (decapod crustacean)
Hindi
1 entries- झींगा noun (decapod crustacean)
Hungarian
1 entries- garnéla noun (decapod crustacean)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Kamarong noun (decapod crustacean)
Icelandic
1 entries- rækja noun (decapod crustacean)
Ido
1 entries- kreveto noun (decapod crustacean)
Indonesian
1 entries- udang noun (decapod crustacean)
Interlingua
1 entries- crangon noun (decapod crustacean)
Irish
1 entries- séacla noun (decapod crustacean)
Italian
1 entries- gamberetto noun (decapod crustacean)
Japanese
2 entries- エビ noun (decapod crustacean)
- 海老 noun (decapod crustacean)
Javanese
1 entries- urang noun (decapod crustacean)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸೀಗಡಿ noun (decapod crustacean)
Kazakh
2 entries- асшаян noun (decapod crustacean)
- креветка noun (decapod crustacean)
Khmer
2 entries- កំពឹស noun (decapod crustacean)
- បង្កង noun (decapod crustacean)
Kimaragang
1 entries- gipan noun (decapod crustacean)
Korean
1 entries- 새우 noun (decapod crustacean)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- креветка noun (decapod crustacean)
Lao
1 entries- ກຸ້ງ noun (decapod crustacean)
Latin
1 entries- cāris noun (decapod crustacean)
Latvian
2 entries- garnele noun (decapod crustacean)
- krevete noun (decapod crustacean)
Lithuanian
1 entries- krevetė noun (decapod crustacean)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Crevette noun (decapod crustacean)
Macedonian
2 entries- скамп noun (decapod crustacean)
- шкамп noun (decapod crustacean)
Malay
1 entries- udang noun (decapod crustacean)
Malayalam
1 entries- ചെമ്മീൻ noun (decapod crustacean)
Maltese
1 entries- gamblu noun (decapod crustacean)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠰᠠᠮᡦᠠ noun (decapod crustacean)
Mansaka
1 entries- orabang noun (decapod crustacean)
Manx
1 entries- burdoge noun (decapod crustacean)
Maranao
1 entries- orabang noun (decapod crustacean)
Mon
1 entries- ၚုဲ noun (decapod crustacean)
Mongolian
1 entries- сам хорхой noun (decapod crustacean)
Māori
2 entries- kōuraura noun (decapod crustacean)
- tarawera noun (decapod crustacean)
Navajo
1 entries- táłtłʼááh chʼosh daadánígíí noun (decapod crustacean)
Nheengatu
1 entries- kamarãu noun (decapod crustacean)
Norman
2 entries- chèrvette noun (decapod crustacean)
- p'tite chèrvette noun (decapod crustacean)
Northern Sami
1 entries- reahkká noun (decapod crustacean)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- reke noun (decapod crustacean)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- reke noun (decapod crustacean)
Occitan
1 entries- cambaròt noun (decapod crustacean)
Persian
1 entries- میگو noun (decapod crustacean)
Polish
1 entries- krewetka noun (decapod crustacean)
Portuguese
1 entries- camarão noun (decapod crustacean)
Romanian
1 entries- crevetă noun (decapod crustacean)
Russian
1 entries- креве́тка noun (decapod crustacean)
Sanskrit
3 entries- इञ्चाक noun (decapod crustacean)
- चिङ्गट noun (decapod crustacean)
- चिङ्गटि noun (decapod crustacean)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- carran noun (decapod crustacean)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kozica noun (decapod crustacean)
- račić noun (decapod crustacean)
- škamp noun (decapod crustacean)
- козица noun (decapod crustacean)
Sicilian
2 entries- gammareḍḍu noun (decapod crustacean)
- jammireḍḍu noun (decapod crustacean)
Slovak
1 entries- kreveta noun (decapod crustacean)
Slovene
2 entries- kozica noun (decapod crustacean)
- rakec noun (decapod crustacean)
Spanish
4 entries- camarón noun (decapod crustacean)
- chacalín noun (decapod crustacean)
- cámaro noun (decapod crustacean)
- esguila noun (decapod crustacean)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- sarasara noun (decapod crustacean)
Swedish
1 entries- räka noun (decapod crustacean)
Tagal Murut
1 entries- pasik noun (decapod crustacean)
Tagalog
1 entries- hipon noun (decapod crustacean)
Tajik
1 entries- креветка noun (decapod crustacean)
Tausug
1 entries- ullang noun (decapod crustacean)
Thai
1 entries- กุ้ง noun (decapod crustacean)
Tunisian Arabic
1 entries- شوفرات noun (decapod crustacean)
Turkish
1 entries- karides noun (decapod crustacean)
Turkmen
1 entries- krewetka noun (decapod crustacean)
Ukrainian
1 entries- креве́тка noun (decapod crustacean)
Uzbek
2 entries- krevetka noun (decapod crustacean)
- mayda qisqichbaqa noun (decapod crustacean)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tôm noun (decapod crustacean)
Volapük
1 entries- krevät noun (decapod crustacean)
Walloon
3 entries- critchon d' mer noun (decapod crustacean)
- gurnåte noun (decapod crustacean)
- gårnale noun (decapod crustacean)
Welsh
2 entries- berdysen noun (decapod crustacean)
- berdysyn noun (decapod crustacean)
West Coast Bajau
2 entries- odang noun (decapod crustacean)
- siar noun (decapod crustacean)
West Flemish
1 entries- geirnoar noun (decapod crustacean)
West-Frisian
3 entries- garnaal noun (decapod crustacean)
- garnaat noun (decapod crustacean)
- granaat noun (decapod crustacean)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- uravang noun (decapod crustacean)
White Hmong
1 entries- cws noun (decapod crustacean)
Yiddish
4 entries- גאַרנעלע noun (decapod crustacean)
- קרעוועט noun (decapod crustacean)
- קרעוועטקע noun (decapod crustacean)
- ראַקל noun (decapod crustacean)
Zhuang
1 entries- gungq noun (decapod crustacean)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
This chick is like a shrimp: I like everything about her but her head.
Source: tatoeba (877730)
One of my favorite things to eat is shrimp.
Source: tatoeba (954209)
When was the last time you ate shrimp?
Source: tatoeba (954620)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "shrimp"?
Closest matches include prawn, a nobody, a nothing, angle, bait the hook.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "shrimp"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.