Synonyms for creep

Synonyms for (noun) creep

Synonyms: crawl, crawling, creep, creeping

Definition: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

Usage: a crawl was all that the injured man could manage; the traffic moved at a creep

Similar words: locomotion, travel

Definition: self-propelled movement


Synonyms: creep

Definition: a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

Similar words: pen

Definition: an enclosure for confining livestock


Synonyms: creep

Definition: a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

Similar words: change of location, travel

Definition: a movement through space that changes the location of something


Synonyms: creep, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy, spook

Definition: someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

Similar words: unpleasant person, disagreeable person

Definition: a person who is not pleasant or agreeable


Synonyms for (verb) creep

Synonyms: crawl, creep

Definition: move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

Usage: The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed

Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move

Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast


Synonyms: mouse, pussyfoot, creep, sneak

Definition: to go stealthily or furtively

Usage: ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house

Similar words: walk

Definition: use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

Usage: Walk, don't run!; We walked instead of driving; She walks with a slight limp; The patient cannot walk yet; Walk over to the cabinet


Synonyms: creep

Definition: grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

Usage: ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings

Similar words: diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out

Definition: move outward

Usage: The soldiers fanned out


Synonyms: fawn, grovel, cower, crawl, creep, cringe

Definition: show submission or fear

Similar words: bend, flex

Definition: form a curve

Usage: The stick does not bend


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