Unscramble shrink

Definition of shrink

noun:

• a physician who specializes in psychiatry. Synonyms: head-shrinker, psychiatrist.

verb:

• wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled". Synonyms: shrivel, shrivel up, wither.
• draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf". Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, squinch, wince.
• reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater", "Can you shrink this image?". Synonyms: reduce.
• become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank", "The balloon shrank". Synonyms: contract. Antonyms: expand, stretch.
• decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank", "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me". Synonyms: shrivel.

Related words

alienist, analyst, atrophy, blast, contract, depopulate, desolate, downsize, flex, miniaturise, miniaturize, mummify, psychoanalyst, reduce, reef, retract.

Words nearby

shriek, shrine.

Rhymes with

blink, brink, chink, cinque, clink, dink, drink, fink, inc, ink, interlink, link, mink, pink, rethink, rink, sink, stink, sync, think.