The cat took advantage of the high grass to creep on the bird.
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Creep
//kɹiːp//
Synonyms for "creep" (179 found)
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Translations
130 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- пълзене noun (movement of something that creeps)
- пълзене noun (small gradual change in a measure)
- свличане noun (geology: imperceptible downslope movement of surface)
- изплъзвам се verb (to slip, or to become slightly displaced)
Catalan
1 entries- reptar verb (to grow across a surface rather than upwards)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 潛變 /潜变 noun (gradual deformation of material under stress)
- 蠕變 /蠕变 noun (gradual deformation of material under stress)
Danish
3 entries- krybe verb (to grow across a surface rather than upwards)
- krybe verb (to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)
- liste verb (to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)
Dutch
4 entries- engerd noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- engerd noun (pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)
- griezel noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- kruip noun (movement of something that creeps)
Finnish
4 entries- hyypiö noun (pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)
- karmio noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- kyylä noun (pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)
- liikahdus noun (slight displacement)
French
4 entries- fatigue noun (gradual deformation of material under stress)
- fluage noun (gradual deformation of material under stress)
- rampement noun (movement of something that creeps)
- reptation noun (geology: imperceptible downslope movement of surface)
German
4 entries- Knilch noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- Kriechen noun (gradual deformation of material under stress)
- Widerling noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- Widerling noun (pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)
Hungarian
4 entries- csúszás-mászás noun (movement of something that creeps)
- kúszik verb (to grow across a surface rather than upwards)
- kúszik verb (to change or deviate gradually)
- lopakodik verb (to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)
Italian
4 entries- antipatico noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- deriva noun (slight displacement)
- lecchino noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- ruffiano noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
Japanese
3 entries- 伝う verb (to grow across a surface rather than upwards)
- 忍び寄る verb (to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)
- 這う verb (to grow across a surface rather than upwards)
Kazakh
1 entries- жылжыпсырғымалық noun (gradual deformation of material under stress)
Māori
4 entries- mōtorotoro verb (to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)
- ngaweki verb (to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)
- tapanihi verb (to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)
- toropā verb (to grow across a surface rather than upwards)
Persian
2 entries- خزیدن noun (movement of something that creeps)
- مخیدن verb (to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)
Portuguese
4 entries- esquisito noun (pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)
- rastejo noun (movement of something that creeps)
- esgueirar verb (to move in a stealthy or secret manner)
- formigar verb (to have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin)
Romanian
2 entries- ciudat noun (pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)
- târî verb (to grow across a surface rather than upwards)
Russian
4 entries- отморо́зок noun (pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)
- по́лзание noun (movement of something that creeps)
- сполза́ние noun (slight displacement)
- уро́д noun (pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- èalaidh verb (to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)
Spanish
4 entries- alimaña noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- anormal noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- deformación por fluencia lenta noun (gradual deformation of material under stress)
- degenerado noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
Swedish
4 entries- miffo noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- äckel noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- äckelpotta noun (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)
- klänga verb (to grow across a surface rather than upwards)
Welsh
1 entries- sbrych noun (pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)
Sample sentences
40 total sentences available.
The sight made my flesh creep.
Source: tatoeba (48043)
That was her. She was trying to creep up on me unnoticed.
Source: tatoeba (1245083)
Tom is a creep.
Source: tatoeba (1484761)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.