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creeping
[kreep] 
| Main Entry: |
creep
[kreep]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, worm, wriggle, writhe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creeping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given to creeping |
| Synonyms: | climbing, clinging, growing along the ground, horizontal, procumbent, prostrate, recumbent, reptant, reptilian, serpentine, spreading, stoloniferous, trailing, vermicular, vinelike |
| Antonyms: | standing, upright, vertical |
| Main Entry: | crawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
| Synonyms: | clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag, move at snail's pace, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide, slither, squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| Main Entry: | drag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
| Synonyms: | be delayed, be quiescent, crawl, creep, dally, dawdle*, delay, encounter difficulty, hang*, inch, lag, lag behind, limp along, linger, loiter, mark time, poke*, procrastinate, put off*, sag, shamble, shuffle, slow down, stagnate, straggle, tarry, trail behind, traipse |
| Antonyms: | rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat narrowly |
| Synonyms: | creep, ease, inch, infiltrate, nose out, sidle, slip by, slip past, squeeze by, squeeze past, steal, worm |
| Antonyms: | lose, wallop |
| Main Entry: | enter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come, put into a place |
| Synonyms: | access, arrive, barge in, blow in, break in, breeze in, burst in, bust in, butt in, come in, crack, crawl, creep, crowd in, drive in, drop in, fall into, gain entrée, get in, go in, horn in, immigrate, infiltrate, ingress, insert, insinuate, introduce, intrude, invade, jump in, make an entrance, make way, move in, pass into, penetrate, pierce, pile in, pop in, probe, rush in, set foot in, slip, sneak, work in, worm in, wriggle |
| Antonyms: | depart, exit, go, leave, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | fawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ingratiate oneself to; serve |
| Synonyms: | abase, apple-polish, be at beck and call, be obsequious, be servile, blandish, bow, brownnose, buddy up, butter up, cajole, cater to, cave in to, cotton, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, curry favor, debase, defer, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, grovel, honey up, invite, jolly, kneel, kowtow, lay it on, lick boots, make up to, massage*, oil, pander, pay court, play up to, scrape, slaver, snow*, stoop, stroke*, submit, toady, truckle, woo*, yield |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gradual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening slowly, evenly |
| Synonyms: | bit-by-bit, by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, step-by-step, successive, unhurried |
| Antonyms: | abrupt, infrequent, intermittent, sudden, uneven |
| Main Entry: | grovel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abase, demean oneself |
| Synonyms: | apple-polish, beg, beg for mercy, beseech, blandish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brown-nose, butter up, cater to, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, eat crow, eat dirt, eat humble pie, fall all over, fawn*, flatter, humble oneself, humor, implore, kiss one's feet, kneel, kowtow, make much of, make up to, pamper, play up to, prostrate*, revere, snivel, soft-soap, stoop, suck up to, truckle, wheedle, yes* |
| Antonyms: | boast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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