Compression
Compression noun - The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together.
Shrinking and compression are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shrinking" instead a noun "Compression".
Shrinking
Shrinking noun - The act of becoming less.
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Synonyms for Shrinking
Compression and shrinking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compression" instead a noun "Shrinking".
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Related pairs
- abridgment and compression
- abridgment and shrinking
- decline and compression
- decline and shrinking
- reduction and compression
- reduction and shrinking
- decrease and compression
- decrease and shrinking
- decreasing and compression
- decreasing and shrinking
- lessening and compression
- lessening and shrinking
- abbreviation and compression
- abbreviation and shrinking
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- Shout-Out (to an episode of Deep Space Nine), "Eye of the Needle"Kim: Okay, how about shrinking the ship by traversing a subspace compression phenomenon?
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The Master similarly uses a "Tissue Compression Eliminator" weapon which kills people by shrinking them, possibly the same technology but without the normally associated life support mechanisms allowing subjects to still breathe and such.
Source: Incredible Shrinking Man
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Shrinking and Compression. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compression/shrinking
Compression & Shrinking. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compression/shrinking>.
Shrinking or Compression. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compression/shrinking.
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