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shrinkage has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
process or result of becoming less or smaller
“the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage”
the amount by which something shrinks
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for shrinkage come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
“shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting”