shrinks

noun

Informal term for psychiatrists or psychotherapists.

"She's seeing one of the shrinks."

verb

Becomes smaller in size, amount, or value; makes something smaller.

"The wool jumper shrinks in the wash."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: shrivel, head-shrinker, psychiatrist, contract, funk, cringe, recoil, flinch, squinch, quail, wince, reduce

Antonyms: expand, spread out, stretch