Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "crawl" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

walk

Derived Terms

Australian crawl acrawl army crawl back crawl backcrawl bear crawl becrawl bellycrawl crab crawl crawl before one can walk crawl before one walks crawl control crawl into a hole crawl out of the woodwork crawl over each other crawl space crawl up someone's ass crawl-a-bottom crawl-in crawlable crawler crawling peg crawlingly crawlingness crawlsome crawlway crawly cross-crawl dot crawl dungeon crawl flesh-crawling front crawl hex crawl high crawl kerb crawl kerb crawling leopard crawl make someone's skin crawl news crawl newscrawl outcrawl pub crawl recrawl skin-crawling tiger crawl turtle crawl turtle-crawl upcrawl urban crawl wallcrawl

Etymologically Related To

crab kraal

Context

film television water sport

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bend feel flex go locomote locomotion motion move move move slowly movement pullulate swarm swim swimming stroke teem travel travel

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

army crawl grovel

Type Of (IsA)

intelligent agent activity locomotion motion surface swimming swimming stroke

Manner Of

feel swim teem travel

Related Terms

sneak trudge

Related Terms

action alternate babies babies do baby baby action baby locomotion baby move baby movement body crawl with creep do drag enclosure fish floor flutter frequent ground hand horizontal human human motion hurdle index infant infant movement kick knee locomotion motion move movement near floor on floor overarm pen rapid scroll search servile slow slow speed speed stake stroke swim

Synonym Network

fawn

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.