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

The flooding is most likely near small creeks, urban areas, places with poor drainage and other low-lying regions. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2026

That could look like flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and low-lying areas or areas with poor drainage. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2026

Some of the emergencies are tied to creeks and rivers leaving their banks, others are because roads have washed out and some were triggered by a combination of flooding, power outages and other hazards. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2026

For others, some roads are likely to flood and creeks and streams could also overflow their banks. — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

The trail meanders along seasonal creeks that spring alive in winter. — Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

If storm activity develops further west and occurs within 60 to 90 minutes, urban flooding could occur, along with flash flooding on creeks and streams in the metro. — Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Life threatening flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses continues. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Aug. 2026

New rules require hundreds of businesses to clean up runoff from large parking lots that pollutes creeks and beaches. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026