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

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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. Dora Puig:

   ( Indian Creek Island) is one of Miami's most private and sought after neighborhoods, frequented by high net-worth individuals seeking privacy.

2. Erika Wahl:

   I've been trusting Willow Creek principal and superintendent for the last several years to take care of my kids, I'm trusting Willow Creek principal and superintendent now.

3. Arliss Reed:

   We had pics of this buck in one area over the summer, then in the fall, nearly two miles away, I found about 40 rubs in a 200-yard stretch of creek-bottom willows. I set up a Double Bull blind, and the first evening I saw a pair of bucks, one that I’d have shot but he wasn’t in range. The next sit this guy came in. He’s an 11-point that grosses 168-6/8, and has a 13-inch G3. When I walked up to him, I realized I knew him from those summer pics.

4. South African golfer Charl Schwartzel:

   I am hugely disappointed to be missing out on the SA Open, everybody knows how keen I am to win our national Open and, having come so close the last couple of years and following my good form at Leopard Creek, I was really looking forward to contending at Glendower.

5. Ban Nampai village chief:

   I think the future of the river is dire. This is just the beginning, with more dams, the once powerful Mekong River river will become just a small creek.