Synonyms of shrimp

shrimp 1 of 3

noun

1

as in dwarf

a living thing much smaller than others of its kind

the boy was just a shrimp until his teens, when he had a growth spurt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dwarf
• diminutive
• miniature
• pigmy
• scrub
• mini
• midget
• Tom Thumb
• pygmy
• runt
• peewee
• mite
• nubbin
• bantam
• half-pint
• mannikin
• homunculus
• manikin
• hop-o'-my-thumb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• giant
• monster
• jumbo
• mammoth
• colossus
• whale
• behemoth
• leviathan
• titan
• whopper

2

as in insect

a person of no importance or influence

you have no business telling me what to do, you little shrimp!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dwarf
• insect
• nobody
• cipher
• lightweight
• pigmy
• pygmy
• half-pint
• puppet
• nothing
• morsel
• twerp
• zero
• number
• whippersnapper
• inferior
• pip-squeak
• snippersnapper
• insignificancy
• no-name
• zilch
• nullity
• nonentity
• least
• noncelebrity
• obscurity
• mediocrity
• figurehead
• nonperson

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• somebody
• big wheel
• figure
• magnate
• kingpin
• head
• leader
• eminence
• VIP
• personage
• nabob
• chief
• star
• lead
• celebrity
• planet
• personality
• kahuna
• big shot
• superstar
• party
• luminary
• notable
• power
• bigwig
• authority
• superior
• great power

shrimp

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verb

as in to fish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fish
• clam
• harvest
• seal
• whale
• pick
• reap
• hay
• accumulate
• forage
• gather
• garner
• trap
• glean
• capture
• hunt
• mow
• cut
• net
• grow
• crop
• snare
• bag
• raise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plant
• sow
• seed

shrimpy

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adjective

as in diminutive

of a size that is less than average

a couple of shrimpy bushes in the front are the house's only landscaping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diminutive
• small
• little
• tiny
• pocket
• fine
• dwarfish
• puny
• dinky
• miniature
• undersize
• undersized
• smallish
• slight
• dwarf
• sparse
• Lilliputian
• pocket-size
• pygmy
• slender
• toylike
• half-pint
• subnormal
• miniaturized
• pint-sized
• pint-size
• mini
• bantam
• pocket-sized
• poor
• stunted
• spare
• microscopic
• lacking
• minuscule
• microscopical
• weeny
• micro
• runty
• teeny
• bitty
• teensy
• toy
• infinitesimal
• wee
• weensy
• insufficient
• scrubby
• slim
• meager
• inadequate
• skimpy
• teensy-weensy
• scarce
• teeny-weeny
• scanty
• stingy
• scant
• meagre
• inappreciable
• minim
• pinpoint
• little bitty
• minute
• deficient
• niggardly
• minikin
• runtish
• wanting
• capsule
• bite-size
• bite-sized
• skimp

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• large
• substantial
• big
• considerable
• oversized
• handsome
• sizeable
• sizable
• great
• outsized
• oversize
• grand
• husky
• bulky
• goodly
• massive
• outsize
• gigantic
• voluminous
• giant
• gross
• whopping
• tidy
• enormous
• colossal
• huge
• hefty
• jumbo
• mountainous
• mammoth
• gargantuan
• prodigious
• vast
• monstrous
• tremendous
• humongous
• heroic
• galactic
• titanic
• cavernous
• ample
• stupendous
• immense
• monumental
• monolithic
• healthy
• cyclopean
• abundant
• liberal
• herculean
• staggering
• generous
• copious
• appreciable
• overscaled
• king-sized
• bountiful
• largish
• elephantine
• fat
• hulking
• biggish
• king-size
• overscale
• thick
• Himalayan
• plentiful
• boxcar
• whacking
• wide
• Brobdingnagian
• plenteous
• broad
• humungous
• leviathan
• heroical
• cosmic
• Bunyanesque
• adequate
• infinite
• sufficient
• pharaonic
• enough
• incalculable
• immeasurable
• boundless
• cosmical