Expand.
expand
stretch
grow
enlarge
wax
grow
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Shrinking young! ;P
Some antonyms of 'thrive' are: fail languish decline droop perish shrink shrivel stagnate wane wither wilt
abridge, compress, condense, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce, shrink Take your pick.
Shrink (as in slang for psychiatrist) Shrinker
The original concept of psychiatry was to reduce mental stress, colloquially to "shrink one's head" (apparently not related to actual shrunken heads). Psychiatrists and psychologists were called "head-shrinkers" which gradually shortened to "a shrink."
shrink
shrink
stretch
grow.
Shrink.
swell
Contract or shrink.
shrink, decrease in size, reduce
The opposite of expand is contract (in some uses, to shrink).For expand (increase), the opposite can be reduce or decrease.For expand (widen), the opposite would be to narrow.For expand (inflate) the opposite would be to deflate.
Shrinking young! ;P
The opposite of expand is contract (in some uses, to shrink).For expand (increase), the opposite can be reduce or decrease.For expand (widen), the opposite would be to narrow.For expand (inflate) the opposite would be to deflate.
Because most things, such as metals, expand when hot. So cold does the opposite.