Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "shrink" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

enlarge expand grow stretch

Coordinate Terms

shrinkette

Derived Terms

grocery shrink ray head-shrinker heat shrink nonshrink nonshrinkable nonshrinking shrink away shrink back shrink down shrink rate shrink ray shrink up shrink-swell shrink-wrap shrink-wrapped shrinkable shrinking frog shrinking violet shrinkwrap license shrinky sinew-shrunk unshrinkable unshrinking unshrinkingly

Context

business pejorative slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

decrease diminish fall lessen medical specialist minify move specialist

Manner Of

decrease

Related Terms

contract contraction cower expiration date flinch inventory psychiatrist psychotherapist recoil shoplifting shrinkage smaller

Synonym Network

flinch funk psychiatrist shrink back shrivel

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.