Synonyms for creek
krik, krɪkcreek

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1. creeknoun

   Synonyms:
   stream, beck, brook, burn

2. creeknoun

   A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.

   The chieftain was well versed in Creek history.

   Synonyms:
   burn, stream, beck, brook

3. creeknoun

   A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

   Synonyms:
   burn, brook, beck, stream

4. creeknoun

   Any turn or winding.

   Synonyms:
   beck, stream, brook, burn

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. brook, creeknoun

   a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

   "the creek dried up every summer"

   Synonyms:
   brook

2. Creeknoun

   any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

   Synonyms:
   brook

Matched Categories

1. • Native American
   • Stream

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. creeknoun

   Synonyms:
   inlet, cove, bight, small bay

2. creeknoun

   Synonyms:
   rivulet, small river

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. creeknoun

   Synonyms:
   brook, rivulet, race, runlet, streamlet, runnel, bourn, burn, cove, bight

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "creek":

   brook, ruisseau, stream, stann, river, creeks

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1. Jim Hazelwood:

   You know, youre heading down for a normal creek-stomping adventure, and you pray for safety, you think a kid might slip on a rock or cut his foot on some glass. Youre not thinking about crocodiles.

2. Orrville Police Department:

   She was stuck in the drain, was safely removed and set free in a nearby creek, as you can see she was happy to be rescued.

3. Sam DeNicola:

   There’s a creek that runs through the town and all this rain caused it to overflow.

4. Ron DeSantis:

   First of all, it'd be a cash cow for them if they had Disney, but I'm worried that they would use that as a pretext to raise taxes on people when that's what they would want to do anyways and then try to blame Reedy Creek, so we're not going to give them that opportunity.

5. Cal Fire Chief Thom Porter:

   We have 150 million trees that died in the southern Sierra several years ago, and those are fueling the Beachie Creek Fire, which is the biggest and most concerning fire to us right now.