head-shrinker

1. 1.

   a physician who specializes in psychiatry

   Synonymspsychiatristshrink

   Broaderspecialist

   NarroweralienistanalystHorneyJaspersMenningerSullivan
2. 2.

   a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies

   Synonymsheadhunter

   Broadersavage

Questions about head-shrinker

What does head-shrinker mean?

head-shrinker means "a physician who specializes in psychiatry". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in head-shrinker?

head-shrinker has 4 syllables: he-ad--shrin-ker. The stress falls on "ad-".

What is another word for head-shrinker?

Close synonyms include psychiatrist, shrink, headhunter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is head-shrinker a common word?

head-shrinker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.