Creeping Synonyms and Antonyms

krēpĭng
Show submission or fear
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. grovelling
  2. inching
  3. crawling
  4. cowering
  5. cringing
  6. dragging
  7. fawning
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Given to creeping
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. reptant
  2. prostrate
  3. reptilian
  4. procumbent
  5. serpentine
  6. trailing
  7. vermicular
  8. clinging
  9. crawling
  10. dwarf
  11. spreading
  12. fawning
  13. obsequious
  14. stoloniferous
  15. growing along the ground
  16. horizontal
  17. reptatorial
  18. recumbent
  19. reptile
  20. vinelike
  21. climbing
  22. serpiginous
  23. sycophantic
  24. truckling
  25. worming
Antonyms:
  1. upright
  2. standing
  3. vertical
To experience a repugnant tingling sensation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. crawling
To go stealthily or furtively
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sneaking
  2. stealing
  3. crawling
  4. snaking
  5. pussyfooting
  6. skulking
  7. writhing
  8. edging
  9. prowling
  10. mousing
  11. slipping
  12. sliding
  13. lurking
  14. slithering
  15. inching
  16. grovelling
  17. gliding
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To move along in a crouching or prone position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. worming
  2. snaking
  3. sliding
  4. crawling
A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. crawl
  2. crawling
  3. lentitude
  4. creep
  5. sluggardy

Words Related to Creeping

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Creeping Sentence Examples

  • Brady was creeping forward.

  • Nobody following you or creeping around?

  • She joined him, warmth creeping up her face at the thought of their night.

  • Darkness was creeping from the edges of his mind.

  • The sound of someone creeping through the brush made him pause in his descent to listen.

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