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

Residents in Cocke County, Tennessee, were still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Helene’s deadly 2024 rush of mountain floodwater when a new storm turned creeks into raging rivers in June 2026. — Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026

Life-threatening flash flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses was occurring or was imminent. — Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

On streams and creeks, wood laydowns are prime locations to find oversized ’gills, as the branches attract baitfish and other forage, and the structure creates a soft spot on the downstream side of the laydown. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026

Officials are urging caution around lakes and creeks after a teenage boy drowned Saturday afternoon in flood-swollen waters in northwest Oklahoma City. — Cheyenne Derksen, Oklahoman, 28 June 2026

Any area can be vulnerable to flash floods, which can occur within minutes to hours of heavy rainfall, swallowing roads and creating dangerous currents in rivers and creeks. — Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 27 June 2026

Head right, and there came public land, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest with its creeks and gulches and two-bit towns like Peanut and Beegum. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026

People should expect flooding of small creeks and streams, roads, underpasses, urban areas and other low-lying or poor-drainage locations. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 22 June 2026