Synonyms for Shrinking

Synonyms for "shrinking" (162 found)

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Closest matches (33)

afraid aloof aseptic atrophy attenuation averse backward bashful bashfulness blank boggle boggling chilled chilly cold compunction constrained consumption cool cowardly

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declining

Adjective(1 words)

atrophic

Noun(11 words)

atrophying avoid blenching contract contracting contraction cowering crenation decline decrease decreasing

Strong matches (48)

demur demurral demurring detached diffidence diffident diminishing discreet distant dryingdrying updwindling dying ebbing emaceration emaciation expressionless fading falter faltering

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fearful fearing fearsome forbidding frigid frosty goosy guarded hesitance hesitancy hesitant hesitating hesitation icy impassive impersonalin fearinaccessible introverted

Noun(7 words)

dimensional changediminish diminishing diminution disappearing dwarfing evade

Adjective(2 words)

dwindling budgetdwindling resources

Related words (81)

jumpy modest modesty mousy nervous objection offish olympian parching pause preshrinkage protest qualmqualm of consciencequalmish qualmishness quiet rabbity receding recoil

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Noun(10 words)

miniaturizing narrowing quailing reduce reduction shrinkagesize changesspanish disminuirwaning withdraw

Verb(1 words)

recoiling

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

15 entries

avoidance change decreasedescriptive adjectivediminution drop-offfabric propertylessening reduction retreatsize related descriptorstep-downtextile propertytrend variation

More specific

16 entries

attrition contractioncustomer attritiondiminution evasionfabric contractiongarment contractionmarket contractionpopulation declineretreat shrinkageshrinking budgetshrinking enrollmentshrinking marketshrinking populationwithdrawal

Collocations

10 entries

shrinking budgetshrinking demandshrinking economyshrinking enrollmentshrinking marketshrinking populationshrinking revenuesshrinking sizeshrinking trendshrinking violet

Inflections

4 entries

shrank shrinkings shrinks shrunk

Derivations

5 entries

shrink shrinkable shrinkage shrinker unshrinking

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The shrinking of the domestic market has been blamed on inflation.

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She's no shrinking violet.

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Cars in Boston and factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps in the Arctic, shrinking coastlines in the Atlantic, and bringing drought to farms from Kansas to Kenya.

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The Japanese population is shrinking.

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Shrinking