Synonyms for crawling

Most common

creeping · creep

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Noun

Antonyms

bounding

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   The motion of something that crawls.

Related words

Phrases

night crawling

Forms

Plural

crawlings → creepings, creeps…

Example sentences

• creep You scared me! Don't creep up on people like that.
• creeping Janos saw a strange guy creeping around the camp.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

creep¹

8 letters

creeping²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (creeping² = 2 syllables).