creep

/kɹˈip/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
   “The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed”
2. to go stealthily or furtively
   “..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house”
3. grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
   “ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings”
4. show submission or fear

noun

1. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
2. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
3. a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
4. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
   “a crawl was all that the injured man could manage”

Synonyms for creep

• crawl
• sneak
• mouse
• pussyfoot
• fawn
• cringe
• cower
• grovel
• weirdo
• weirdie
• weirdy
• spook
• crawling
• creeping

Words that rhyme with creep

• keep
• deep
• sweep
• leap
• peep
• heap
• sleep
• steep
• asleep
• cheap
• beep
• sheep
• bleep
• reap
• upkeep
• bopeep
• jeep
• oversleep
• seep
• weep
• anandeep
• diep
• felipe
• griep
• heape
• inskeep
• kneip
• kniep
• leep
• lepe