Synonyms for creek
Definitions
- n. 1
A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.
- n. 2
The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
Related words
- Word family
- creekbank creekfront creekside
- Phrases
- up the creek up shit creek creek bed dry creek
Forms
- Plural
- creeks → brooks, streams, rivers, rivulets…
Example sentences
- river The river that flows through London is the Thames.
- stream It must be dangerous to swim in this rapid stream.
- brook A little brook trickles at the end of the garden.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1
- 4 letters
- race1, born1, beck1, cove1, rill1
- 5 letters
- river2, brook1, inlet2, bayou2, bight1
- 6 letters
- stream1, branch1, bourne1, runnel, runlet
- 7 letters
- rivulet, rigolet
- 9 letters
- streamlet
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (river2 = 2 syllables).