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crawl

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of crawl

1 to move slowly with the body close to the ground
  • the time we had to crawl through a narrow passageway from one cave to another
Synonyms of crawl

belly, creep, grovel, slide, slither, snake, worm, wriggle
Words Related to crawl

crouch, squat

edge, inch, nose

skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe
2 to move slowly
  • The weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled.
Synonyms of crawl

creak (along), creep, drag, inch, limp, nose, ooze, plod, poke, slouch
Words Related to crawl

lumber, shamble, shuffle, tramp, trudge
Near Antonyms of crawl

float, glide, sail

hurry, tear
Antonyms of crawl

fly, race, speed, whiz (or whizz), zip
3 to move or act slowly
  • The deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl.
Synonyms of crawl

creep, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry
Words Related to crawl

fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge

amble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize
Phrases Synonymous with crawl

drag one's feet (also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time
Near Antonyms of crawl

bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampede

gallop, jog, run, sprint, trot

accelerate, quicken, speed (up)

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake
Antonyms of crawl

barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz (or whizz), zip
4 to be copiously supplied
  • Something must be up, as city hall is crawling with reporters.
Synonyms of crawl

abound, brim, bristle, bulge, burst, bustle, buzz, hum, overflow, swarm, teem
Near Antonyms of crawl

lack, need, want

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