Synonyms of creeks

creeks

noun

plural of creek

1

as in brooks

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

the shallow creek that runs in back of our house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brooks
• streams
• tributaries
• rivulets
• rills
• bayous
• canals
• streamlets
• runnels
• runs
• becks
• gills
• burns
• arroyos
• runoffs
• waterways
• freshets
• sloughs
• watercourses
• brooklets
• bourns
• coulees
• billabongs
• washes
• channels
• runlets
• freshes
• races
• distributaries
• branches
• cutoffs
• affluents
• guts
• influents
• kills
• millraces
• millstreams
• cuts
• confluents

2

as in estuaries

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

• estuaries
• bays
• coves
• inlets
• firths
• gulfs
• fjords
• lochs
• embayments
• ports
• roads
• bayous
• arms
• bights
• harbors
• straits
• sounds
• backwaters
• sloughs
• narrows
• roadsteads

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of creeks

Excessive runoff could flood rivers, creeks, streams and other low-lying, flood-prone areas. — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2026

Riparian habitats, like creeks flowing through canyons, are home to sensitive creatures including California newts, frogs and toads. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Runoff is expected to flow into creeks and streams, causing river levels to rise and currents to speed up. — Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

The mountainous terrain also caused water to rush rapidly downhill into creeks and rivers. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Because the site itself was previously used as a laboratory for a company researching seeds for agriculture, chemicals were used that could leach into the ground and damage nearby creeks and streams, the county said in court documents. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

As dawn breaks over the misty mangrove creeks winding through Bhitarkanika National Park, the calls of kingfishers and Brahminy kites fill the silence. — Kalpana Sunder, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

The agency owns 10 reservoirs, along with three drinking water treatment plants, and manages 333 miles of the roughly 800 miles of creeks and rivers in Santa Clara County, including parts of the Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

Hikers and campers near Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch lodging area started running for their lives Saturday as torrential rainfall funneled down the canyon and idyllic creeks morphed into violent torrents. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026