shrinking violet

Questions about shrinking violet

What is another word for shrinking violet?

It depends which shrinking violet you mean. In the sense “someone who shrinks from familiarity with others”, the synonyms are shy person. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of shrinking violet?

WordNet records no antonym for shrinking violet. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for shrinking violet come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of shrinking violet

• Full entry for shrinking violetAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for shrinking violetWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.