"creep" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric (synset 109996447)
is a type of: disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

same as: spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy
A slow longitudinal movement or deformation (synset 107327103)
is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
A pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot (synset 103134595)
is a type of: pen - an enclosure for confining livestock
A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body (synset 100295712)
"a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"

is a type of: locomotion, travel - self-propelled movement

same as: crawl, crawling, creeping

Verb

Move slowly;
In the case of people or animals with the body near the ground (synset 201889838)
"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

subtypes: formicate - crawl about like ants

same as: crawl
To go stealthily or furtively (synset 201915881)
"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

is a type of: walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

same as: mouse, pussyfoot, sneak
Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) (synset 202064516)
"ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"

is a type of: diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out - move outward
Show submission or fear (synset 202067699)
is a type of: bend, flex - form a curve

same as: cower, crawl, cringe, fawn, grovel