Crawl synonyms
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Part of speech:
go at a snail's pace
To move slowly
To have a tingling sensation, made by or as if by things moving stealthily:
worm along
To move like an insect
worm one's way
To move like an insect
go on one's belly
To move like an insect
To move by inches or degrees; move very slowly
inch along
To move slowly
To put a poke on.
grovel (related)
To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
lag (related)
To fall, move, or stay behind; loiter; linger
To try to gain favor by acting servilely; cringe and flatter
Pen is defined as to write something using pen and ink.
To slip and slide, as on a loose or uneven surface:
So as to fall behind the correct time or rate:
To play or relax in water:
To be stocked to overflowing.
To move with a twisting or contorted motion:
(Intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
(Informal) To pull quickly
(Nautical) To fill in the contlines of a rope before parcelling and serving.
To have something in great numbers or amounts. Often used with in or with :
Bristle means to stand like a stiff hair or to show anger.
(Intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
To flow over or across; flood
To fill with a swarm; crowd; throng
move (related)
To be disposed of by sale:
fast (related)
To a sound degree; deeply:
big (related)
In a pretentious or boastful way:
fear (related)
To feel fear; be afraid
like (related)
(Scots) To be pleased.
The motion of something that crawls.
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
front-crawl
A style of swimming where the swimmer is face-down in the water and moves the arms in alternating overhead strokes.
(US) the front crawl swimming stroke.
To cringe in fear.
To twist and turn the body in a snakelike movement; wriggle; writhe
move on hands and knees
To move like an insect
go on hands and knees
To move like an insect
go on all fours
To move like an insect
To cringe is to draw back or to move your face or body in order to shrink from danger or fear.
tippytoe
Wriggle is defined as to twist and turn, or to get in or out of a situation using unfavorable actions.
Synonym Study
- Figuratively, crawl connotes slowness, abjectness, or servility and creep connotes slow, stealthy, or insinuating progress
- Crawl and creep are often used interchangeably, but crawl, in its strict usage, suggests movement by dragging the prone body along the ground a snake crawls and creep suggests movement, often furtive, on all fours the cat crept up the stairs
Find another word for crawl. In this page you can discover 50 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for crawl, like: go at a snail's pace, creep, worm along, worm one's way, go on one's belly, inch, inch along, drag, plod, hang-back and poke.