Synonyms of creek

creek

noun

1

as in brook

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

the shallow creek that runs in back of our house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brook
• stream
• rivulet
• tributary
• bayou
• canal
• rill
• streamlet
• brooklet
• runnel
• beck
• runoff
• burn
• gill
• bourne
• bourn
• arroyo
• waterway
• coulee
• run
• freshet
• fresh
• slough
• wash
• watercourse
• channel
• runlet
• billabong
• race
• slew
• millrace
• cutoff
• branch
• millstream
• distributary
• slue
• affluent
• kill
• influent
• confluent
• cut
• gut

2

as in estuary

chiefly British a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline

explored many of the creeks along the Cornwall coast of England

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estuary
• bay
• cove
• loch
• firth
• gulf
• inlet
• fjord
• fiord
• embayment
• bayou
• port
• arm
• bight
• harbor
• sound
• strait
• road(s)
• narrow
• roadstead
• slough
• backwater
• slue
• slew