creatures

noun

plural of creature
1
as in men
a member of the human race we must try to be kind to our fellow creatures

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2
as in animals
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings a saint who is celebrated for his love of birds and other small creatures

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Recent Examples of creatures Bowerbirds, puffer fish and other creatures meticulously decorate their homes. — Dina Cheney, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026 Stitch together creatures to build an army of land, sea and sky monsters and compete with your family to defeat the dangerous armies of incoming babies. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026 The flies lay hundreds of eggs in the wounds, inflamed tissue, mucous membranes, and orifices of warm-blooded creatures. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 At the end of The Last House, the creatures come into the Delgado home. — Barry Levitt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 For others, those creatures are their whole lives—and livelihoods. — Forbestv, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Day two kicks off with a Gyeongbokgung Palace tour to understand the Korean folklore behind mythological creatures with parallels to the movie’s evil boy band, Saja Boys. — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 Their diet consists primarily of insects and other soil-dwelling creatures, including earthworms and grubs. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2026 Quixotic aerialists twisted, turned and unfolded above the crowd, using flowing fabric and butterfly-inspired movements to mirror the creatures being celebrated. — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creatures
  1. men
  2. animals
  3. people
  4. lives
  5. guys
  6. things
  7. humans
  8. beings
Noun
  • Thursday’s best performances spread the entire field, with six different men leading the six individual apparatus races.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Three men in their 70s were slightly injured — two of them were caught in the wind and a third one fell from a stool, apparently blown off by the wind while preparing for the storm, the Okinawa prefecture said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of men
Noun
  • The data gathered can help understand what animals are being hit and help prevent future strikes.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Scientists have taken advantage of this DNA time machine for one of the world's most endangered marine animals, revealing a story that can't be told by population counts alone.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of animals
Noun
  • Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
  • Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.
    — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Definition of people
Noun
  • Between 2000 and 2020, at least 1,160 elephants died in incidents linked to self-defense or retaliatory killings as communities sought to protect their crops, property and lives, the Plan notes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The movie stars Stewart and Alia Shawkat as codependent, marijuana-loving best friends who get caught in a case of mistaken identity that throws their lives into chaos.
    — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of lives
Noun
  • All these guys, all my teammates, all my coaches, everybody in this building loves it.
    — Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Finding all these guys, and so many more peppering the scene, served as an important reminder.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of guys
Noun
  • The City of Atlanta and Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners have been trading negotiations over the sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center, and things have started to get ugly.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The month of August offers some respite, a chance to reflect and reset before September kicks things into gear once more.
    — Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of things
Noun
  • Solomon thinks the fact that there are now more bots than humans online was always inevitable.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • African lions are considered vulnerable, zoo officials said, adding that their population has decreased by 50% over the last 25 years because of habitat loss, loss of prey and conflicts between humans and lions.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of humans
Noun
  • The universe pairs real-world figures with young protagonists, folklore and mythical beings drawn from across the continent, with the goal of introducing Asian stories to global audiences.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Harari and many proponents of the ethical view of affective sentientism want suffering to be the defining criterion that protects conscious beings from becoming second-class citizens to intelligent machines.
    — Andréa Morris, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of beings

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