Synonyms of creeps

creeps 1 of 2

noun

plural of creep

as in jerks

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

finally found the creep who kept throwing his trash in the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jerks
• bastards
• clowns
• dogs
• skunks
• skunk
• rats
• snakes
• vermin
• jokers
• idiots
• buggers
• morons
• beasts
• brutes
• reptiles
• rotters
• louses
• toads
• swine
• scumbags
• scums
• heels
• bounders
• villains
• sleazes
• varmints
• pills
• slimes
• stinkers
• slimeballs
• dirtbags
• cruds
• brats
• buzzards
• sons of guns
• boors
• nuisances
• finks
• blighters
• chuffs
• cads
• stinkards
• cretins
• sleazeballs
• schmucks
• fools
• hounds
• bleeders
• sleazebags
• louts
• curs
• sods
• barbarians
• nerds
• churls
• scuzzballs
• rat finks
• crumbs
• savages
• so-and-sos
• nuts
• slobs
• so-and-so's
• scoundrels
• lowlifes
• rogues
• wretches
• vulgarians
• lowlives
• scabs
• loudmouths
• miscreants
• cavemen
• boobies
• roughnecks
• dopes
• imbeciles
• goons
• rascals
• dolts
• scamps
• ninnies
• pests
• snobs
• blockheads
• Neanderthals
• snots
• airheads
• dinks
• turkeys
• jackasses
• dufuses
• doofuses
• dorks
• schmoes
• nincompoops
• dweebs
• nitwits
• snips
• birdbrains
• nits
• insolents
• half-wits
• snoots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroes
• ladies
• gentlemen
• idols
• role models
• angels
• heroines
• saints

creeps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of creep

1

as in encroaches

to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits

water crept slowly over the top of the tub and onto the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• encroaches
• inches
• worms
• invades
• sneaks
• snakes
• intrudes
• impinges
• entrenches
• intrenches
• overshoots
• overreaches
• infringes
• oversteps
• overruns
• overpasses

2

as in crawls

to move or act slowly

that Friday afternoon we were just creeping, waiting for the bell to sound so that we could start the long weekend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crawls
• pokes
• lingers
• delays
• drags
• strolls
• loiters
• lags
• shuffles
• plays
• hangs fire
• dawdles
• mopes
• marks time
• falls behind
• stalls
• diddles
• drops behind
• drags one's heels
• tarries
• lollygags
• staggers
• lallygags
• dallies
• dillydallies
• takes one's time
• drags one's feet
• idles
• lounges
• saunters
• ambles
• shilly-shallies
• loafs
• fools around
• inches
• hangs (around or out)
• fiddles (around)
• potters (around)
• trifles
• eases
• putters (around)
• decelerates
• lolls
• plods
• messes around
• slows (down or up)
• lumbers
• temporizes
• monkeys (around)
• procrastinates
• filibusters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rushes
• tears
• flies
• scurries
• hurries
• races
• speeds
• barrels
• runs
• hastens
• courses
• rips
• careers
• whirls
• whizzes
• scoots
• dashes
• whisks
• hurtles
• breezes
• zips
• hustles
• bolts
• rockets
• scuds
• scrambles
• humps
• darts
• bowls
• runs
• trots
• stampedes
• gallops
• jogs
• accelerates
• sprints
• quickens
• hotfoots (it)
• overtakes
• speeds (up)
• outruns
• outstrips
• catches up
• outpaces
• fast-forwards

3

as in snakes

to move slowly with the body close to the ground

the kitten crept silently across the floor before suddenly pouncing on the mouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crawls
• snakes
• slides
• worms
• slithers
• wriggles
• sneaks
• crouches
• tiptoes
• bellies
• grovels
• edges
• squats
• steals
• inches
• noses
• skulks

4

as in drags

to move slowly

the class hour seems to creep by

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drags
• crawls
• pokes
• shuffles
• oozes
• slouches
• inches
• limps
• noses
• creaks (along)
• snails
• plods
• trudges
• tramps
• shambles
• lumbers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• races
• speeds
• flies
• floats
• tears
• glides
• whizzes
• sails
• hurries
• zips

Phrases Containing creeps

• give one the creeps