Synonyms of creeper

creeper

noun

as in crawler

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crawler
• snail
• straggler
• laggard
• slowpoke
• good-for-nothing
• dawdler
• loafer
• bum
• idler
• putterer
• shirker
• stick-in-the-mud
• deadbeat
• slacker
• loiterer
• slouch
• lingerer
• goldbrick
• slug
• couch potato
• sluggard
• drone
• clock-watcher
• lazybones
• malingerer
• saunterer
• layabout
• do-nothing
• ne'er-do-well
• lotus-eater
• procrastinator
• lounger
• loller
• slugabed
• dropout
• dallier
• delayer
• quitter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doer
• hustler
• hummer
• comer
• achiever
• self-starter
• go-ahead
• powerhouse
• go-getter
• live wire
• highflyer
• highflier

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of creeper

In an early scene, he is set upon by a shrieking, skittering swarm of creepers—imagine giant, whitish pill bugs with huge mandibles—and expects to be devoured (and resurrected) within seconds. —Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025

What could have been a true old-school King creeper ends up a bit of a soggy coming-of-age story: The movie never really recovers when Sutherland leaves. —Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025

Meanwhile, armed with a translation device developed by sympathetic science crew member Dorothy (Patsy Ferran), Mickey 17 defies Marshall’s leadership to warn the creepers, who have their own resilient means of retaliation. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025

Alan is the name of the neighborhood creeper, who seems to be fixated on Becka. —Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Jan. 2025