Antonyms for creepingcreep·ing

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1. • Locomotion

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. crawl, crawling, creep, creepingnoun

   a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

   "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"

   Synonyms:
   crawl, creep, weirdo, weirdy, weirdie, front crawl, crawling, spook

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. creepingadjective

   Synonyms:
   crawling, reptile, reptant, fawning, truckling, obsequious, sycophantic

2. creepingnoun

   Synonyms:
   reptation, formication

How to use creeping in a sentence?

1. Jonathan Swift:

   Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.

2. Islam Karimov:

   Various elements among the representatives of Islamic State are already slipping into Afghanistan from Iraq and Syria. All this requires the adoption of appropriate preventative measures, the creeping expansion of militant extremism and religious radicalism, not only on the territory of the governments of Central Asia but also abroad, is most seriously concerning.

3. Jonathan Foss:

   Socialism is creeping up on us.

4. Tony Spell:

   God will shield us from all harm and sickness, we are not afraid. We are called by God to stand against the Antichrist creeping into America's borders. We will spread the Gospel.

5. State John Kerry:

   The debate is whether or not there is some weapons that could be given them to give them greater ability to defend themselves in order to prevent the creeping land grabbing that's been taking place, or at least raise the cost, that's a very legitimate discussion.

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