Crawl

/kɹɔːl/

Synonyms for "crawl" (235 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Noun(9 words)

creepfront crawlamblingaustralian crawlbrowse crawling creak creeping creeps

Verb(8 words)

creep ambles clopped cower crawled creaked crept cringe

aboundall foursamble andante aquaplaning aquaticsaustralian crawlbackstroke balneation bathe bathingbend the kneeblister bootlick bowbow and scrapebreaststroke bristle butterfly castigate

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claudicate claudication climb couch cower crawling creek creep creeping cringe

Strong matches (71)

crouchdead marchdivingdog paddledogtrot dragdrag alongdrag ondrag outedge excoriate fawnfeel creepyfeel funnyfin fishtail flapper flatter flay flipper

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floating flow footpacefuneral marchgo dead slowgo ongo on and ongo on tiptoego slowgrovel gumshoe gumshoeinghave goosefleshhave the creepshobblehug the earthidle inchinch alongjogjog trotjog-trot kneel kowtow lambaste lay lazeleisurely gaitlick the dustlickspittle lielie downlie flatlie limplylie lowlie prone

Noun(9 words)

drag freestyle gropes groveling grovelling inch inching index indexing

Verb(6 words)

fawn grovel groveled grovels inch inched

Related words (117)

lie prostratelie underlimp lingerlinger onloll loungelumbering pacemincing stepsmosey natation nightwalk nightwalking pad padding pass plod pokepoke alongprostrate

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prowl prowling pullulate pussyfoot pussyfooting rack recline repose roast saunter scathe scorch scrabble scramble shamble shuffleshuffle alongsidestroke sidle sidling slam slate slide slink slinking slouchslow marchslow motionsnake snaking sneak sneaking sprawl squat squirmstagger alongstealsteal alongstealing stoop stroll surfboarding surfing swarm swim swimming tarry teem tippytoe tiptoe tiptoeing toadeat toady toddletoddle alongtottertotter alongtraipsetreading watertruckle trudge underlie waddle wading walk waterskiingwear onwiggle wormworm alongworming wriggle

Verb(6 words)

limped plod scuttle snailed toddled wriggle

Noun(19 words)

rush hour crawlsaunters scan shambling shimmies shuffle slither slugs snailing snails spider spidering spiders toddling tortoises trickling trundles waddling wriggles

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More general

21 entries

benddata miningdata processingfeel flex go locomote locomotion motion move movement progress pullulate search swarm

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More specific

11 entries

army crawlbear crawlhands and knees crawlinchinitial crawlopen water crawlrecrawl shufflesite crawltwo arm crawlweb crawl

Collocations

9 entries

army crawlbaby crawlbear crawlcrawl motioncrawl patterncrawl ratecrawl spacefront crawlweb crawl

Inflections

3 entries

crawled crawling crawls

Derivations

3 entries

crawlable crawler crawlspace

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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The baby began to crawl.

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Can you do the crawl?

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I'm so sorry about what I did. I wish I could just crawl into a hole and die.

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I'm so embarrassed I could dig a hole and crawl into it.

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