Related Words for shrinking

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Word	Syllables	Categories
shrinkage	/x	Noun, Noun
diminishing	x/xx	Verb
dwindling	/xx	Noun
growing	/x	Verb
decreasing	x/x	Verb
expanding	x/x	Verb
increasing	x/x	Verb
enlarging	x/x	Verb
declining	x/x	Verb
eroding	x/x	Verb
disappearing	xx/x	Verb
evaporating	x/xxx	Verb
vanishing	/xx	Noun
collapsing	x/x	Verb
stagnating	/xx	Verb
reducing	x/x	Verb
depleting	x/x	Adjective
disintegrating	x/xxx	Noun
squeezing	/x	Verb
exploding	x/x	Verb
changing	/x	Verb
fragmenting	/xx	Noun
encroaching	x/x	Noun
fading	/x	Noun
losing	/x	Verb
receding	x/x	Noun
accelerating	x/xxx	Verb
flattening	/xx	Noun
rising	/x	Verb
reshaping	x/x	Noun
weakening	/xx	Noun
downsizing	/xx	Noun
thinning	/x	Noun
deteriorating	x/xxxx	Verb
shifting	/x	Verb
stretching	/x	Verb
cutting	/x	Noun
diversifying	x/xxx	Verb
slipping	/x	Verb
graying	/x	Noun
swelling	/x	Verb
dissolving	x/x	Verb
retreating	x/x	Verb
plummeting	/xx	Verb
greying	/x	Verb
bulging	/x	Noun
proliferating	x/xxx	Noun
sagging	/x	Verb
lagging	/x	Noun
augmenting	/xx	Verb
darkening	/xx	Noun
faltering	/xx	Adjective
limiting	/xx	Verb
degenerating	x/xxx	Verb
multiplying	/xxx	Verb
falling	/x	Verb
bolstering	/xx	Verb
size	/	Noun
distorting	x/x	Noun
ballooning	x/x	Noun
worsening	/xx	Verb
restricting	x/x	Verb
removing	x/x	Verb
consolidating	x/xxx	Verb
softening	/xx	Noun
growth	/	Noun
ebbing	/x	Noun
hemorrhaging	/xxx	Noun
mushrooming	/xx	Noun
exacerbating	x/xxx	Verb
burgeoning	/xx	Verb
dropping	/x	Verb
melting	/x	Noun
widening	/xx	Noun
lengthening	/xx	Noun
dying	/x	Verb
dividing	x/x	Verb
doubling	/xx	Noun
squashing	/x	Verb
deforming	x/x	Noun
adjusting	x/x	Verb
intensifying	x/xxx	Verb
destroying	x/x	Verb
tearing	/x	Verb
crumbling	/xx	Verb
lessening	/xx	Noun
inflating	x/x	Verb
compressing	x/x	Verb
suppressing	x/x	Verb
hurting	/x	Verb
deepening	/xx	Verb
dissipating	/xxx	Verb
scaring	/x	Verb
tightening	/xx	Noun
diluting	x/x	Verb
trimming	/x	Verb
alienating	/xxxx	Verb
shedding	/x	Noun
spreading	/x	Verb
slowing	/x	Verb
plunging	/x	Verb
skyrocketing	/xxx	Noun
strengthening	/xx	Noun
improving	x/x	Verb
surging	/x	Adjective
morphing	/x	Noun
ignoring	x/x	Verb
slackening	/xx	Noun
embracing	x/x	Adjective
creeping	/x	Verb
broadening	/xx	Noun
annihilating	x/xxx	Verb
boosting	/x	Verb
replenishing	x/xx	Verb
warping	/x	Noun
altering	/xx	Verb
slumping	/x	Verb
contracting	/xx	Noun
diminution	xx/x	Noun
narrowing	/xx	Noun
shutting	/x	Verb
slimming	/x	Noun
perishing	/xx	Noun
subsiding	x/x	Verb
relenting	x/x	Noun
minimizing	/xxx	Verb
shredding	/x	Noun
skulking	/x	Verb
shunning	/x	Verb
curtailment	x/x	Noun
quieting	/xx	Verb
shading	/x	Noun
exiting	/xx	Verb
disappearance	xx/x	Noun
intimidation	xxx/x	Noun
clinging	/x	Verb
escaping	x/x	Verb
humiliation	xxx/x	Noun
lowering	/xx	Verb
tensing	/x	Noun
distancing	/xx	Noun
closure	/x	Noun
approaching	x/x	Verb
sharpening	/xx	Noun
silencing	/xx	Noun
halting	/x	Noun
implosion	x/x	Noun
instinctive	x/x	Adjective
cowardly	/xx	Adjective
horizons	x/x	Noun
glaciers	/x	Noun
globe	/	Noun
gradual	/xx	Adjective
cracking	/x	Noun
alteration	xx/x	Noun
amelioration	xxx/x	Noun
blinking	/x	Adjective, Noun
blurring	/x	Noun
bridging	/x	Noun, Adjective
compression	x/x	Noun
condensation	xx/x	Noun
constriction	x/x	Noun
contraction	x/x	Noun
contracture	x/x	Noun
debility	x/xx	Noun
descending	x/x	Adjective, Noun
disinclination	xxx/x	Noun
downturn	/x	Noun, Verb
drawdown	/x	Noun
feebleness	/xx	Noun
flinching	/x	Noun
hampering	/xx	Noun
hesitancy	/xxx	Noun
hesitating	/xxx	Noun
lightening	/xx	Noun
miniaturization	xxxxx/x	Noun
quickening	/xx	Noun
reduction	x/x	Noun
reluctance	x/x	Noun
repugnance	x/x	Noun
retrenchment	x/x	Noun
retrogression	/x/x	Noun
shortening	/xx	Noun
slowdown	/x	Noun
stricture	/x	Noun
timidity	x/xx	Noun
twitch	/	Verb, Noun
uneasiness	x/xx	Noun
waning	/x	Adjective, Noun
withdrawal	x/x	Noun
withering	/xx	Adjective, Noun
backwater	/xx	Noun, Verb
off	/	Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
save	/	Verb, Noun
get	/	Verb, Noun
breakeven	/xx	Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Verb
blow	/	Noun, Verb, Adjective
gloss	/	Noun, Verb
stonewall	/x	Name, Verb, Adjective
tell	/	Verb, Noun