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Synonyms for crawl
krɔlcrawl

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. crawlnoun

    a very slow movement

    "the traffic advanced at a crawl"

    Synonyms:
    crawling, front crawl, creep, creeping

  2. crawl, front crawl, Australian crawlnoun

    a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

    Synonyms:
    crawling, front crawl, creep, creeping

  3. crawl, crawling, creep, creepingverb

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

  4. crawl, creepverb

    move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

    "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

    Synonyms:
    pussyfoot, creep, mouse, sneak, fawn, grovel, cower, cringe

  5. crawlverb

    feel as if crawling with insects

    "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

    Synonyms:
    fawn, cower, creep, cringe, grovel

  6. crawlverb

    be full of

    "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

    Synonyms:
    fawn, cower, creep, cringe, grovel

  7. fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovelverb

    show submission or fear

    Synonyms:
    cower, sneak, recoil, bootlick, fawn, quail, flinch, funk, grovel, huddle, cringe, wince, truckle, kowtow, kotow, pussyfoot, squinch, creep, mouse, suck up, toady, shrink

  8. crawlverb

    swim by doing the crawl

    "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

    Synonyms:
    fawn, cower, creep, cringe, grovel

Editors Contribution1.0 / 1 vote

  1. chyron

    Submitted by anonymous on March 29, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. crawlverb

    Synonyms:
    creep

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "crawl":

    grovel, slither, ramp, fawn, tracing

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#16203sneak
#18621creep
#22481crawling
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#31728recoil
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#51312spook
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#76457flinch
#102486cower
#116571grovel
#128894toady
#207328kowtow
#271278pussyfoot
#275633truckle

How to use crawl in a sentence?

  1. George Takei:

    There were 6.5 acres covered with barracks, barbwire fence, sentry towers -- I recognize them, i remembered a stray dog that we adopted who would crawl into the crawl space and peer out from under it. Or the mess hall and the noise and the laughter and so forth.

  2. D. H. Lawrence:

    We only seem to learn from Life that Life doesn't matter so much as it seemed to do -- it's not so burningly important, after all, what happens. We crawl, like blinking sea-creatures, out of the Ocean onto a spur of rock, we creep over the promontory bewildered and dazzled and hurting ourselves, then we drop in the ocean on the other side: and the little transit doesn't matter so much.

  3. Joe DellaVedova:

    We take a crawl, walk, run approach to weapons testing where we will begin by putting a weapon in a weapons bay and dropping it on land onto some padding. Then, they will test the weapon flying to see if it releases and drops safely. Then you connect to the last stage and test whether the weapon can find the target.

  4. Adiel Kiviti:

    We are tremendously relieved that the court recognized what we always knew : that our daughter was United States by birth, we are proud we taught our little girl to stand up for what's right even before she could crawl. No child should be denied her rights because her parents are LGBT, and no family should have to endure the indignity we did.

  5. Amora Vidal:

    The baby's paternal grandmother, Amora Vidal, told the Daily News Amora was just learning to crawl. She was my love, she was my first grandbaby. It just hurts so much. I still ca n’t believe it.


Translations for crawl

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  • دب, زحف, يزحفArabic
  • iməkləməkAzerbaijani
  • поўзаць, паўзціBelarusian
  • пълзя, угоднича, гъмжа, лазя, влача, плувам кроул, пълзене, кроулBulgarian
  • arrossegar-se, gatejarCatalan, Valencian
  • plazit, léztCzech
  • kravle, krybe, crawlDanish
  • wimmeln, krabbeln, kriechen, kraulen, Schneckentempo, KraulGerman
  • taEwe
  • έρπω, κάνω κρόουλ, μπουσουλάω, κρόουλGreek
  • rampiEsperanto
  • rampar, gatear, estar cuajado, avanzar a paso de tortuga, arrastrar, estar de cuajado, arrastrarse, reptar, humillarse, humillarse ante, crol, estilo crol, crawlSpanish
  • خزیدنPersian
  • madella, saada, ryömiä, kontata, väre, läpi, vilistä, kylmä, kroolata, indeksoida, konttaus, ryömintä, matelu, krooliFinnish
  • grulva, krovlFaroese
  • avancer au pas, s'aplatir devant, grouiller de, grouiller, ramper, s'aplatir, avoir la chair de poule, faire le crawlFrench
  • krûpeWestern Frisian
  • èalaidh, snàigScottish Gaelic
  • זחל, הזדחלHebrew
  • घिसटनाHindi
  • mászik, vánszorog, kúszik, hemzsegHungarian
  • սողալArmenian
  • skríða, skriðsundIcelandic
  • nuotare a crawl, strisciare, brulicare, crawlItalian
  • 這う, クロールJapanese
  • ბობღვა, ცოცვა, ხოხვაGeorgian
  • លូនKhmer
  • 기어가다Korean
  • rēpōLatin
  • ຄານLao
  • rāpotLatvian
  • ползиMacedonian
  • rangkak, gaya rangkakMalay
  • တွားBurmese
  • kruipenDutch
  • krypeNorwegian
  • pełzać, pełznąćPolish
  • rastejar, engatinhar, crawlPortuguese
  • târîRomanian
  • ползти́, по́лзать, попо́лзать, уго́дничать, пресмыка́ться, кише́ть, [[мурашка, лебезии́ь, заи́скивать, поползти́, [[плыть]] [[кроль, ползание, крольRussian
  • пузати, пузити, puzati, puziti, плазити, plazitiSerbo-Croatian
  • plaziť, kraulSlovak
  • plazitiSlovene
  • krypa, kräla, crawlSwedish
  • வலம்Tamil
  • దేకు, పాకుTelugu
  • хазиданTajik
  • คลานThai
  • emeklemekTurkish
  • повзати, повзтиUkrainian
  • bò, trườnVietnamese
  • קריכןYiddish

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