Synonyms of creeps

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noun

plural of creep

as in jerks

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

finally found the creep who kept throwing his trash in the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jerks
• bastards
• clowns
• dogs
• skunks
• skunk
• vermin
• rats
• snakes
• buggers
• idiots
• morons
• scumbags
• rotters
• reptiles
• louses
• brutes
• jokers
• beasts
• slimeballs
• toads
• swine
• scums
• bounders
• varmints
• slimes
• villains
• dirtbags
• stinkers
• cruds
• sleazes
• heels
• pills
• buzzards
• nuisances
• finks
• blighters
• brats
• stinkards
• boors
• chuffs
• cretins
• schmucks
• cads
• fools
• sleazeballs
• hounds
• louts
• bleeders
• nerds
• sleazebags
• churls
• curs
• barbarians
• sods
• scuzzballs
• crumbs
• sons of guns
• nuts
• savages
• slobs
• lowlifes
• rat finks
• so-and-sos
• scoundrels
• rogues
• wretches
• vulgarians
• so-and-so's
• miscreants
• lowlives
• scabs
• loudmouths
• dopes
• boobies
• goons
• roughnecks
• cavemen
• imbeciles
• pests
• scamps
• dolts
• rascals
• ninnies
• snobs
• snots
• airheads
• blockheads
• dorks
• jackasses
• turkeys
• dinks
• dufuses
• dweebs
• doofuses
• nincompoops
• schmoes
• nitwits
• snips
• nits
• insolents
• birdbrains
• Neanderthals
• snoots
• half-wits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroes
• ladies
• idols
• gentlemen
• angels
• heroines
• saints
• role models

• heroes
• ladies
• idols
• gentlemen
• angels
• heroines
• saints
• role models

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creeps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of creep

1

as in encroaches

to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits

water crept slowly over the top of the tub and onto the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• encroaches
• worms
• inches
• sneaks
• invades
• snakes
• intrudes
• impinges
• entrenches
• overshoots
• intrenches
• overreaches
• oversteps
• infringes
• overruns
• overpasses

2

as in crawls

to move or act slowly

that Friday afternoon we were just creeping, waiting for the bell to sound so that we could start the long weekend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crawls
• pokes
• lingers
• drags
• delays
• loiters
• lags
• strolls
• shuffles
• plays
• dawdles
• mopes
• hangs fire
• marks time
• stalls
• diddles
• falls behind
• drags one's heels
• tarries
• staggers
• drops behind
• dallies
• lollygags
• lallygags
• dillydallies
• takes one's time
• saunters
• drags one's feet
• idles
• lounges
• ambles
• shilly-shallies
• loafs
• fools around
• inches
• eases
• trifles
• plods
• decelerates
• lumbers
• lolls
• temporizes
• messes around
• procrastinates
• potters (around)
• fiddles (around)
• hangs (around or out)
• putters (around)
• filibusters
• slows (down or up)
• monkeys (around)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rushes
• scurries
• flies
• tears
• hurries
• runs
• speeds
• races
• hastens
• rips
• barrels
• whirls
• whizzes
• scoots
• hurtles
• courses
• dashes
• breezes
• careers
• hustles
• whisks
• scuds
• humps
• zips
• scrambles
• bolts
• trots
• rockets
• runs
• darts
• bowls
• hotfoots (it)
• stampedes
• gallops
• jogs
• accelerates
• overtakes
• sprints
• quickens
• speeds (up)
• outruns
• outstrips
• outpaces
• catches up
• fast-forwards

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• rushes
• scurries
• flies
• tears
• hurries
• runs
• speeds
• races
• hastens
• rips
• barrels
• whirls
• whizzes
• scoots
• hurtles
• courses
• dashes
• breezes
• careers
• hustles
• whisks
• scuds
• humps
• zips
• scrambles
• bolts
• trots
• rockets
• runs
• darts
• bowls
• hotfoots (it)
• stampedes
• gallops
• jogs
• accelerates
• overtakes
• sprints
• quickens
• speeds (up)
• outruns
• outstrips
• outpaces
• catches up
• fast-forwards

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3

as in snakes

to move slowly with the body close to the ground

the kitten crept silently across the floor before suddenly pouncing on the mouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• snakes
• crawls
• slides
• slithers
• worms
• tiptoes
• sneaks
• bellies
• crouches
• wriggles
• grovels
• steals
• edges
• squats
• skulks
• inches
• noses

4

as in drags

to move slowly

the class hour seems to creep by

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drags
• crawls
• pokes
• oozes
• shuffles
• slouches
• snails
• inches
• limps
• plods
• noses
• shambles
• creaks (along)
• trudges
• tramps
• lumbers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flies
• speeds
• races
• floats
• glides
• tears
• whizzes
• hurries
• sails
• zips

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• flies
• speeds
• races
• floats
• glides
• tears
• whizzes
• hurries
• sails
• zips

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Phrases Containing creeps

• give one the creeps

• give one the creeps