shrink

1. 1.

   a physician who specializes in psychiatry

   Synonymspsychiatristhead-shrinker

   Broaderspecialist

   NarroweralienistanalystHorneyJaspersMenningerSullivan

Other forms of shrink

plural

shrinks·

past tense or participle

shrank

past tense or participle

shrunk

past tense or participle

shrunken

present participle

shrinking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shrink

What does shrink mean?

shrink means "wither, as with a loss of moisture". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shrink?

shrink has 1 syllable: shrink. In IPA it is /ˈʃɹɪŋk/.

What is another word for shrink?

Close synonyms include shrivel, shrivel up, wither, flinch, squinch. 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.

What is the opposite of shrink?

The recorded antonyms are stretch.

Is shrink a common word?

shrink is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.