Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Causes

injury

Derived Terms

Christ on a crutch could eat the crutch from a low flying duck crutch cross crutch word crutcher crutchless crutchlike forearm crutch underarm crutch

Context

heraldry nautical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

expedient staff

Type Of (IsA)

device expedient rigid portable object shaped thing staff

Related Terms

cane cross crotch dag dependency knee pommel prop saddle stanchion stir

Used For

cripple gain sympathy help hold patient person

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