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shrinkage
Overview of noun shrinkage
The noun shrinkage has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. shrinking, shrinkage -- (process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage")
2. shrinkage -- (the amount by which something shrinks)
3. shoplifting, shrinkage -- (the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shrinkage
3 senses of shrinkage
Sense 1
shrinking, shrinkage
=> decrease, lessening, drop-off
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
shrinkage
=> decrease, decrement
=> amount
=> magnitude
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
shoplifting, shrinkage
=> larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
=> felony
=> crime, law-breaking
=> transgression, evildoing
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun shrinkage
1 of 3 senses of shrinkage
Sense 1
shrinking, shrinkage
=> compression, condensation, contraction
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shrinkage
3 senses of shrinkage
Sense 1
shrinking, shrinkage
=> decrease, lessening, drop-off
Sense 2
shrinkage
=> decrease, decrement
Sense 3
shoplifting, shrinkage
=> larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
Antonyms of noun shrinkage
Member Holonyms of noun shrinkage
Substance Holonyms of noun shrinkage
Part Holonyms of noun shrinkage
Member Meronyms of noun shrinkage
Substance Meronyms of noun shrinkage
Part Meronyms of noun shrinkage
Meronyms of noun shrinkage
Holonyms of noun shrinkage
Attributes of noun shrinkage
Derived Forms of noun shrinkage
1 of 3 senses of shrinkage
Sense 1
shrinking, shrinkage
RELATED TO>(verb) shrink#3
=> shrink, reduce
RELATED TO>(verb) shrink#4
=> shrink, contract
Domain of noun shrinkage
Domain Terms of noun shrinkage
Familiarity of noun shrinkage
shrinkage used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun shrinkage
3 senses of shrinkage
Sense 1
shrinking, shrinkage
> decrease, lessening, drop-off
=> shrinking, shrinkage
=> casualty
=> sinking
=> attrition
=> dwindling, dwindling away
=> waning
Sense 2
shrinkage
> decrease, decrement
=> drop, dip, fall, free fall
=> shrinkage
Sense 3
shoplifting, shrinkage
> larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
=> breach of trust with fraudulent intent
=> embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
=> pilferage
=> shoplifting, shrinkage
=> robbery
=> biopiracy
=> grand larceny, grand theft
=> petit larceny, petty larceny, petty
=> skimming
=> rustling
Meronyms of noun shrinkage
3 senses of shrinkage
Holonyms of noun shrinkage
Grep of noun shrinkage
shrinkage
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