shrimp - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

Synonyms

• shrimp

More generic

• decapod
• decapod crustacean

More specific

• pistol shrimp
• snapping shrimp

Related

• pleopod
• prawn
• shrimp
• swimmeret

Related

• Crangonidae
• family Crangonidae

Noun

any of various edible decapod crustaceans

Synonyms

• prawn
• shrimp

More generic

• seafood

More specific

• river prawn

Related

• shrimp

Related

• shrimp cocktail

Noun

disparaging terms for small people

Synonyms

• half-pint
• peewee
• runt
• shrimp

More generic

• small person

Verb

fish for shrimp

Synonyms

• shrimp

More generic

• fish

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