CREEP as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body)
   Synonym(s)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • crawling (what does crawling mean?)
   • creeping (what does creeping mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
   • the traffic moved at a creep
   Hypernyms(s) creep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • locomotion (what does locomotion mean?)
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
   Hypernyms(s) creep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pen (what does pen mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
   Hypernyms(s) creep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change of location (what does change of location mean?)
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
4. Meaning
   • someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
   Synonym(s)
   • spook (what does spook mean?)
   • weirdie (what does weirdie mean?)
   • weirdo (what does weirdo mean?)
   • weirdy (what does weirdy mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) creep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • unpleasant person (what does unpleasant person mean?)
   • disagreeable person (what does disagreeable person mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sneak (what does sneak mean?)
   • mouse (what does mouse mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
   • steal (what does steal mean?)
   • pussyfoot (what does pussyfoot mean?)

CREEP as VERB

1. Meaning
   • move slowly
   • in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
   Synonym(s)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
   Hypernyms(s) creep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • locomote (what does locomote mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • formicate (what does formicate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • crawling (what does crawling mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
   • creeping (what does creeping mean?)
   • crawler (what does crawler mean?)
   • creeper (what does creeper mean?)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • crawling (what does crawling mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
   • creeping (what does creeping mean?)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • crawling (what does crawling mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
   • creeping (what does creeping mean?)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • crawler (what does crawler mean?)
   • creeper (what does creeper mean?)
   • earthworm (what does earthworm mean?)
   • angleworm (what does angleworm mean?)
   • fishworm (what does fishworm mean?)
   • fishing worm (what does fishing worm mean?)
   • wiggler (what does wiggler mean?)
   • nightwalker (what does nightwalker mean?)
   • nightcrawler (what does nightcrawler mean?)
   • crawler (what does crawler mean?)
   • dew worm (what does dew worm mean?)
   • red worm (what does red worm mean?)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • crawling (what does crawling mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
   • creeping (what does creeping mean?)
2. Meaning
   • to go stealthily or furtively
   Synonym(s)
   • mouse (what does mouse mean?)
   • pussyfoot (what does pussyfoot mean?)
   • sneak (what does sneak mean?)
   • steal (what does steal mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor’’s house
   Hypernyms(s) creep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • walk (what does walk mean?)
   See Also
   • slip away (what does slip away mean?)
   • steal away (what does steal away mean?)
   • sneak away (what does sneak away mean?)
   • sneak off (what does sneak off mean?)
   • sneak out (what does sneak out mean?)
   • slip away (what does slip away mean?)
   • steal away (what does steal away mean?)
   • sneak away (what does sneak away mean?)
   • sneak off (what does sneak off mean?)
   • sneak out (what does sneak out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stealth (what does stealth mean?)
   • stealing (what does stealing mean?)
   • creep (what does creep mean?)
   • weirdo (what does weirdo mean?)
   • weirdie (what does weirdie mean?)
   • weirdy (what does weirdy mean?)
   • spook (what does spook mean?)
   • crawler (what does crawler mean?)
   • creeper (what does creeper mean?)
   • prowler (what does prowler mean?)
   • sneak (what does sneak mean?)
   • stalker (what does stalker mean?)
3. Meaning
   • grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for example)
   Synonym(s)
   • grow over (what does grow over mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • ivy grew over the walls of the university buildings
   Hypernyms(s) creep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • diffuse (what does diffuse mean?)
   • spread (what does spread mean?)
   • spread out (what does spread out mean?)
   • fan out (what does fan out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • creeper (what does creeper mean?)
4. Meaning
   • show submission or fear
   Synonym(s)
   • cower (what does cower mean?)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • cringe (what does cringe mean?)
   • fawn (what does fawn mean?)
   • grovel (what does grovel mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) creep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bend (what does bend mean?)
   • flex (what does flex mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • apple polisher (what does apple polisher mean?)
   • bootlicker (what does bootlicker mean?)
   • fawner (what does fawner mean?)
   • groveller (what does groveller mean?)
   • groveler (what does groveler mean?)
   • truckler (what does truckler mean?)
   • ass-kisser (what does ass-kisser mean?)
   • apple polisher (what does apple polisher mean?)
   • bootlicker (what does bootlicker mean?)
   • fawner (what does fawner mean?)
   • groveller (what does groveller mean?)
   • groveler (what does groveler mean?)
   • truckler (what does truckler mean?)
   • ass-kisser (what does ass-kisser mean?)
   • coward (what does coward mean?)
   • sycophant (what does sycophant mean?)
   • toady (what does toady mean?)
   • crawler (what does crawler mean?)
   • lackey (what does lackey mean?)
   • apple polisher (what does apple polisher mean?)
   • bootlicker (what does bootlicker mean?)
   • fawner (what does fawner mean?)
   • groveller (what does groveller mean?)
   • groveler (what does groveler mean?)
   • truckler (what does truckler mean?)
   • ass-kisser (what does ass-kisser mean?)