Shrink
5 thesaurus results for: shrink
Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | shrink |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | abating, atrophic, atrophied, lessening, sanforized, shrunk, shrunken, withdrawn, wizened |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | shrink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, blench, cling, condense, construct, contract, cower, cringe, curtail, decrease, demur, diminish, dwindle, flinch, hesitate, huddle, lessen, quail, recede, recoil, reduce, retire, retract, retreat, shorten, shrivel, shy, swindle, telescope, wane, weaken, wince, winch, withdraw, wither |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To reduce in size, as by drawing together. |
| Synonyms: | compact, compress, constrict, constringe |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | flinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust. |
| Synonyms: | blench, cringe, quail, recoil, shy, start, wince |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | recoil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion. |
| Synonyms: | cringe, flinch, wince |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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